The recently completed restoration of the synagogue in Budyně nad Ohří, a small town around 50 km north of Prague, near the Terezin Memorial, is up for a national heritage award — and you can vote for it online as one … continue reading →
(JHE) — We posted just last week about the restoration under way at the former synagogue in Seini, in northwest Romania — and here we are again, as JHE’s Ruth Ellen Gruber (who is on a Jewish heritage trip in … continue reading →
(JHE) — A former synagogue in Prostějov is no longer listed for open sale, and the owners again want to sell it to the city, according to local media. In March, we posted that the synagogue, which dates from around … continue reading →
(JHE) — The restoration of the former synagogue in Seini, in northwest Romania, is now under way. As we posted last year, the €2.4 million project will transform the long-disused building complex into a Museum of the Jews of Transylvania, … continue reading →
Artist, art historian. and Jewish heritage researcher Dr. Eugeny Kotlyar, a professor at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, was forced to flee from Kharkiv to Lviv after Russian forces bombarded the city. In 2022 he wrote a … continue reading →
