France’s Heritage Foundation (Fondation du Patrimoine) has awarded the sumptuously decorated 19th century synagogue in Benfeld, near Strasbourg in Alsace, a €20,000 Sesame Prize. The funds are to be used to continue ongoing restoration work aimed at creating a cultural … continue reading →
Greece has issued as series of commemorative stamps featuring the synagogues of Greece. The six stamps of the series are illustrated with images of the interiors of the historic synagogues of Athens, Thessaloniki, Larissa, Trikala, Ioannina, and Rhodes, while … continue reading →
The more the €1 million restoration of the “new” Jewish cemetery in St. Pölten, carried out with federal and provincial funding, has been completed, and on Friday (June 28) the cemetery will be handed over to the St. Pölten local … continue reading →
(JHE) — An important online resource for Jewish heritage sites in the Czech Republic is now at least partially available in English. Called Židovské památky Čech, Moravy a Slezska – Jewish Heritage in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia, it is a revamped … continue reading →
Colourful wall paintings have been discovered in the one-time Beit Midrash, part of a former shulhoyf in Illintsi, in the Vinnytsia region of western Ukraine. JHE friend Vitalii Kamozin, the COO of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine (UJCU), … continue reading →
