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Simchas Torah 2024 — Arks (and bimahs and silver) to mark the holiday that celebrates the Torah

Top of the ark in the prayer room, Polna, Czech Republic

(JHE) — Shemini Atzeret and Simchas Torah —  the Jewish festival at the end of Sukkoth that celebrates the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings (and beginning of the new cycle), begin tonight. These are difficult times, … continue reading →

Romania: Restoration of Fabric Synagogue in Timişoara moves closer with agreement signed between the city and the World Monuments Fund

Fabric synagogue, Timișoara

Restoration of the grand Fabric Synagogue in Timişoara and its transformation into a cultural center  has moved closer, with the signing last week of a memorandum of understanding agreement between the Timişoara municipality and the World Monuments Fund.   The … continue reading →

Poland: Archaeologists have begun research at the site of the destroyed Goldberg synagogue in Otwock, where significant remnants of the building were discovered this past summer

Fragments of the destroyed Goldberg synagogue, Otwock. Photos: Masovian Provincial Conservator of Monuments

Archaeologists have begun research at the site of the destroyed Goldberg synagogue in Otwock, near Warsaw, where significant remnants of the building — the town’s main synagogue before WW2 — were discovered this past summer during construction of a new … continue reading →

As Israel and the Jewish world mark the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023 massacre, we post some images of Jerusalem found in European synagogues, demonstrating the connection felt by Jews to the Holy Land

Painting by Avram Mendel Grünberg (or Grinberg) of Jerusalem , Grain Merchants Synagogue Bacau, Romania

As Israel and the Jewish world mark the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023 massacre, we post some images of Jerusalem found in synagogues, demonstrating the connection felt by Jews to the Holy Land. ShareTweetSharePin