An appeal has been issued to find funding to repair the inner cupola of the grand synagogue in Florence. Architect Renzo Funaro, head of the Opera del Tempio di Firenze — the body that oversees the repair, maintenance, … continue reading →
The grand Dohany St. synagogue complex in Budapest has been chosen as one of nine historical sites in Europe given the EU’s “European Heritage Label.” The sites were chosen for the list by an independent panel for “celebrating or … continue reading →
Samuel D. Gruber has written up a report on the conference held back in September about how to commemorate the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue in Vilnius. The conference September 4-5 was organized by the nonprofit entity “Jerusalem … continue reading →
UPDATE: Bulgarian’s Jewish community has formally transferred ownership of the ruined synagogue in Vidin, on the Danube River, to the municipality, lending hope that restoration of the building and its conversion into a cultural center might begin. The transfer … continue reading →
The Bente Kahan Foundation has begun to restore the more than century-old mikveh in Wrocław, Poland as both a functioning ritual bath and space for a permanent exhibition dedicated to the narrative of the Jewish lIfe cycle. The mikveh … continue reading →
