Yesterday we reported on plans to restore the ruined 17th century fortress synagogue in Bykhov, Belarus, and install there a Jewish museum. Sergey Kravtsov, of the Center for Jewish Art, has shared with us two striking images from a computer-aided reconstruction … continue reading →
A ruined, 17th-century fortress synagogue in the town of Bykhov, in Belarus, about 100 miles east of Minsk, is set to be restored and become a Jewish museum. The Belarusian Telegraph Agency quoted Belarus Culture Minister Boris Svetlov as saying … continue reading →
The former Greenbank Drive Synagogue in Liverpool, England, is to receive £70,000 in rescue funding from English Heritage and the Liverpool city council so that the Grade II listed building, which has been on the “English Heritage at Risk” … continue reading →
Photo from Museum web site As we anticipated in an earlier post, the Museum of Mazovian Jews (Muzeum Zydow Mazowieckich) has opened in the restored synagogue in Plock, Poland. It’s inauguration took place Thursday and the Museum is open … continue reading →
The glorious painted replica of the vaulted ceiling of the destroyed synagogue in Gwozdziec has been unveiled in the building of the forthcoming Museum of the History of Polish Jews. The ceiling, constructed over the past year and a half … continue reading →
