We’d like to note three recently published books that will be of interest to our readers. They deal with synagogue architecture in Central Europe and the Islamic World, and with the history of the Ghetto: — Synagogues in the Islamic … continue reading →
We only occasionally report on updated web sites — but we would like to point out this one. The web site for the restoration of the synagogue in Bytča, Slovakia is now fully available in an English language version. (NOTE: … continue reading →
Slovak media is reporting on progress in the restoration of the long-derelict synagogue that anchors the Orthodox Jewish compound on Zvonarska street in Košice, the main city in eastern Slovakia. Korzár Košice writes that the latest step in the … continue reading →
The Cultural Heritage Department of the Lithuanian Culture Ministry has listed the modest wooden synagogue in Varėna, Lithuania on the roster of cultural heritage sites as being “of local significance and important for its architecture and as a memorial.” … continue reading →
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] An important new resource on European synagogues is now online. It’s a web site — historicsynagogueseurope.org — that includes an interactive survey map of more than 3,000 synagogues in 48 countries, with … continue reading →
