A new online (and paper) resource focuses on the Jewish heritage of Puglia (Apulia) — the region on the heel of the Italian boot, where Jews lived from ancient times until their expulsion in the 16th century. Only a handful … continue reading →
A former synagogue in the town of Prostĕjov is for sale, for a bit more than €210,000. The synagogue, listed as a cultural monument, dates from around 1836. It served as a bet midrash and then the town’s main synagogue … continue reading →
The Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives (Milev) has recently uploaded a fascinating new resource — the photographic archives of Lajos Erdélyi, a Holocaust survivor from Transylvania who as a journalist and photographer was a pioneer in the post-Holocaust documentation of … continue reading →
An award-winning citizens’ association has purchased and taken possession of the decaying, half-timbered former synagogue and adjacent teacher’s house and mikvah in the village of Harmuthsachsen, in north central Germany, with the aim of making the buildings accessible to the public … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Piotr Figieli who has been named the new director of the Old Synagogue museum in Krakow — a branch of the Krakow City Museum. The Museum announced his appointment in a Facebook post. Figiela, a graduate of … continue reading →
