Following up on a post we ran November 1, the Polish edition of Forbes Magazine has issued an apology for three articles that had accused the leaders of Poland’s organized Jewish community of mismanagement and financial malfeasance in the restitution … continue reading →
Thanks to a more than €1.41 million grant from the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), two historic synagogues — the Kapolnas street synagogue in Debrecen, eastern Hungary and the Zion synagogue across the border in Oradea (Nagyvarad in … continue reading →
The 17th century Great Synagogue in the small village of Tykocin, in northeastern Poland, has been voted one of the “new seven wonders” of Poland, in the third edition of a readers’ contest sponsored by the Polish edition of National Geographic … continue reading →
This weekend marks the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of Nov. 9-10 1938 when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish places of worship all over Germany and German-occupied territory. More than 1,000 synagogues … continue reading →
Passersby urinating on an alleyway wall of the historic synagogue in Plymouth, England is damaging the outer structure of the building — to the point where the Plymouth Hebrew Congregation has applied for planning permission to erect a gate … continue reading →
