This fascinating article in The Forward by Jenna Weissman Joselit about the destruction of synagogues in New York has many resonances with the debate over the future (or lack of future) of the Jewish community’s Twarda 6 “white building” in Warsaw, which we … continue reading →
The Auschwitz Jewish Center in Oswiecim, Poland (the town outside of which the Auschwitz camp was built) has issued an appeal for funds to shore up a retaining wall of the Chevra Lomdei Mishnayot synagogue. The synagogue, the only surviving synagogue … continue reading →
Alarm has been raised over the condition of the abandoned 18th century Jewish cemetery in Mysłowice, in southern Poland. Virtual Shtetl reports that the Mysłowice town office, the Jewish Religious Community in Katowice, the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage (FODŻ) … continue reading →
In a remarkable turn of events, nearly 700 Jewish tombstones and fragments have been discovered in Thessaloniki, more than 70 years after the Nazis destroyed the centuries-old Jewish cemetery of what was the biggest Jewish community in Greece and used … continue reading →
An AP article focuses attention on the troubled present and uncertain future of the historic Beit Haim Jewish cemetery on the Caribbean island of Curacao, one of the most important Jewish heritage sites in the Americas. The story told … continue reading →
