Jewish Heritage Europe

Jewish Museum in Moldova reopens after revamp

    The Jewish Heritage of Moldova Museum, in Chisinau, Moldova, reopened at Hanukkah after being closed for a year while its main permanent exhibition was revamped and updated. According to the Museum, the new exhibition includes an interactive component … continue reading →

Lights for the Festival of Lights!

  JHE wishes all of our readers a very happy Hanukkah and holiday season! Hanukkah — the Festival of Lights — lasts this year from Dec. 16 to Dec. 24. During the festival Jews light a special nine-branched Hanukkah Menorah, … continue reading →

Watch rededication of Bucharest Choral Synagogue live online

Just a note — you can watch the rededication ceremony of the Choral Temple in Bucharest complete with a Hanukkah candle-lighting and concert, live on the internet, starting at 18.00 (Romanian time) Dec. 16 at : http://live.fcer.ro (PC or MAC) … continue reading →

Choral Synagogue in Bucharest to be rededicated after 8-year renovation

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the beginning of its construction, Bucharest’s Choral Synagogue will be rededicated on Dec. 16 — the first night of Hanukkah — following an extensive, eight-year renovation process. The restoration was realized with the support of … continue reading →

Extensive new online resource on Hungarian synagogues

An extensive — and it is hoped growing — new online resource on Hungarian synagogues has been recently launched. Called synagogues.hu  it amounts to a sort of virtual museum on Hungarian synagogue architecture — and in fact was organized by … continue reading →