The carved and painted wooden Aron ha Kodesh (Ark) from the historic Great Synagogue in Siret, Romania has been dismantled and taken to Israel, where it will be sold at auction on February 20. Photos show it was replaced in … continue reading →
Nominations are open for the 2020 World Monuments Fund Watch list of endangered heritage sites — a recognized way of drawing attention to projects aimed at saving the sites. The 2020 World Monuments Watch will include 25 sites from around … continue reading →
The ruined and long-abandoned Jewish cemetery in Novi Pazar, Serbia is under restoration sponsored by the city, and work should be finished this spring, according to local media. The work is being overseen by the city’s public utilities service. An … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Monika Krawczyk, the longtime CEO of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ), who was elected this week as leader of Poland’s main Jewish umbrella organization, the Union of Jewish Religious Communities … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this call for papers for the conference “Art and the Holocaust: Reflections for the Common Future,” which will take place in Riga, Latvia on July 2-3, 2019 The conference is organized by the Riga Jewish … continue reading →
