Restoration of the historic wooden synagogue in Pakruojis, Lithuania, is going forward with a more than €568,000 grant from the Lichtenstein/Iceland/Norway European Economic Area (EEA). A conference Sept. 29 in Pakruojis highlighted the renovation, which should be completed in 2017. The building … continue reading →
Historic synagogues in the UK are generally “less at risk” today than they were five years ago, with the biggest threats to these buildings “poor maintenance and redundancy due to of falling membership” in the congregations that use them. The … continue reading →
Striking photographs of abandoned synagogues in Bulgaria appear in the Bulgarian monthly Vagabond. The photos, by Anthony Georgief, accompany an article by Violeta Rozova that describes the condition of the buildings. She writes: At the end of the Second World … continue reading →
The Jewish community in Vilnius will not extend the contract of its chief rabbi, Chaim Burshtein, and Burshtein’s public opposition to government construction on the site of the city’s Snipiskes Old Jewish Cemetery, which the Jewish community supports, appears … continue reading →
Police are investigating a fire that devastated the former synagogue in the village of Maizières-lès-Vic in France earlier this month, the night of August 2-3. Pictures showed the building after the fire, without a roof. Local media quoted the … continue reading →
