The Israeli, Lithuanian and American archaeologists who carried out excavations last month on the site of the destroyed Vilnius Great Synagogue and the surrounding Shulhoyf have released a report on their discoveries — including unearthing two tiled ritual baths (mikvehs, … continue reading →
Saturday August 12 was World Elephant Day, following close after World Lion Day….With lions figuring so prominently in Jewish symbolism, we posted a large photo gallery of images of Lions in Jewish synagogue and funerary art. Elephants don’t play … continue reading →
August 10 was World Lion Day….described as “the first global campaign to celebrate the importance of the lion worldwide. Since the dawn of man the lion has played an integral role in our lives: symbolically, religiously, culturally, economically and … continue reading →
After six years of work, the digitalization of more than 250,000 items in The Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art has been completed, and the entire collection, including images of Jewish cemeteries and Jewish ritual architecture, as well as ritual … continue reading →
Work has been going on in Kaunas to clean up and complete the documentation of the long-neglected Žaliakalnis Jewish cemetery and also to research the site of World War II mass graves. The cemetery documentation is being carried out … continue reading →
