The so-called White Synagogue in Joniškis in northern Lithuania officially reopens as a cultural venue next month after restoration, joining the neighboring Red Synagogue, which reopened for cultural use in 2014, to a unique Jewish cultural and heritage ensemble. … continue reading →
We have posted a number of times about efforts to recover Jewish gravestones and their fragments that were uprooted from Jewish cemeteries and used for construction work and other purposes. Most of our posts have dealt with eastern and … continue reading →
Efforts to commemorate a destroyed Jewish cemetery and rescue its scattered headstones in the Czech town of Prostejov have met with protests that appear to be tinged with anti-Semitism — a rarity in the Czech Republic. The cemetery is question … continue reading →
Extensive renovation works are under way at the synagogue in Bryansk, in southwest Russia. The Jewish community raised more than $100,000 for the work, which will create a religious, community, and educational center, through a crowd-funding campaign. The Federation … continue reading →
The Vilnius Jewish community advises that the electrical system and roof of the Choral Synagogue in Vilnius are being replaced “thanks to financial aid from the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture and the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Department.” Services will be … continue reading →
