The renovation of the century-old synagogue in Alytus, Lithuania, begun last September, is moving forward. According to the web site of the Alytus municipality, the owner and managing organization of the building, last year the roof and part of the … continue reading →
An American Jewish artist is creating new stained glass windows for a church in Germany that occupies a former synagogue. The aim is to enhance the present identity of the building by incorporating its past. “It’s been quite a … continue reading →
The second season of archaeological excavations is under way at the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue in Vilnius and the surrounding Shulhoyf complex of Jewish buildings. A team of Israeli, Lithuanian and American volunteers began work on July 10 … continue reading →
Summer is the season for volunteer clear up initiatives — and many are going on, in several countries. Almost all deal specifically with Jewish cemeteries, but in Ukraine, one will focus on a former synagogue building as well as … continue reading →
In a plot of land between a kindergarten and a car park, archaeologists in Wrocław, in southwestern Poland, have revealed parts of the foundations of the monumental New Synagogue that was destroyed on Kristallnacht in 1938. “The overgrown plot … continue reading →
