This is pretty spectacular — local activist Grigori Arshinov has posted drone footage showing the progress that is being made in the restoration of the Great Maharsha synagogue in Ostroh, Ukraine — particularly the roof and facade. … continue reading →
A recently opened temporary exhibit at the Old Synagogue in Krakow’s Kazimierz district illustrates the more than 500-year history of the gothic building, which today serves as the venue for the Jewish history branch of the Krakow Historical Museum … continue reading →
The photographer and writer Jason Francisco, an American who spends periods of each year in Poland and/or western Ukraine, has written a provocative (and evocative) text-and-photo essay about visiting Krakow’s old Jewish quarter, Kazimierz, in the winter and marking … continue reading →
More than 2 million people — a record number — visited the Auschwitz Memorial Museum in 2016. Located at the site of the former Nazi death camp outside the town of Oswiecim in southern Poland, the Memorial Museum … continue reading →
The BBC included Birmingham’s Singers Hill synagogue on a list of England’s “hidden architectural gems” — buildings that “prove the maxim that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.” They are the buildings you might walk past without a … continue reading →
