Britain’s United Synagogue (US) has been awarded a £1.7 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to open the Willesden Jewish Cemetery to the public as the “House of Life” place of heritage. The award, announced on Wednesday, … continue reading →
The 16-acre extension of United Synagogue’s cemetery in Bushey, northwest of London in the city’s surrounding Green Belt, won a prestigious architecture prize in November 2017, the award for best completed religious building presented at the World Architecture Festival. … continue reading →
We’re happy to report that the fund-raising campaign to finance urgent repairs to the inner cupola of the grand synagogue in Florence has more than reached its goal. The campaign raised some €35,000 from more than 80 individual or … continue reading →
The full report from the 9-day survey using non-invasive, ground-penetrating technology to locate Holocaust mass graves and killing sites in Rohatyn, Ukraine has been published — the 80-page report is available online. As we reported at the time, the survey, … continue reading →
The congregation of Manchester, England’s Higher Crumpsall Synagogue has ended its use of the building and left it; the one-time “cathedral synagogue” will be still be used for Jewish purposes — taken over by a fast-growing Haredi community that will … continue reading →
