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Sam Gruber’s second “Lost Shul” lecture on synagogue painting

Following our previous post — here’s Dr. Samuel D. Gruber’s second “Lost Shul” lecture, Nov. 10, in Burlington VT, on synagogue painting in Eastern European Jewish tradition. (We also added this to our original post Dec. 10). ShareTweetSharePin

Sam Gruber’s lectures on the “Lost Shul Mural”

  Dr. Samuel D. Gruber spoke in Burlington, Vermont on Nov. 9 and 10 about the town’s “Lost Shul Mural” — a complex, brightly color mural, painted in 1910 by the Lithuanian immigrant Ben Zion Black, that once adorned the … continue reading →

Report on the April 2013 conference on Managing Jewish Immovable Heritage

We are pleased to post the downloadable pdf of the report brochure on the international conference Managing Jewish Immovable Heritage, held in Krakow in April 2013. Click here to download the PDF of the brochure           … continue reading →

Update and video of fire at Grodno synagogue

The Belarus Ministry of Emergency Situations has posted further details about the fire Nov. 27 in the Great Synagogue in Grodno, and also posted dramatic video of firefighters battling the blaze. According to the ministry report, the fire may have … continue reading →