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 →
The project to restore the 19th century synagogue in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and develop it as a Welsh Jewish Heritage Center is progressing. Around 500 people attended a special Open Day there earlier this month to see inside the building … continue reading →
The city of Kępno has been carrying out the restoration of the long-derelict former synagogue over the past few years, and pictures show that its exterior renovation has been completed. The Union of Jewish Communities in Poland donated the synagogue … continue reading →
