We continue our High Holidays feature highlighting synagogues that were inaugurated or rededicated after renovation on or around Rosh Hashanah. Today we feature the magnificent Dohany St. Synagogue in Budapest and Great Synagogue in Sofia Bulgaria, — which were both … continue reading →
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed next week and inaugurates the Jewish High Holy Days — a month of observances that mingle prayer, reflection and repentance with celebration as we begin the new cycle of the seasons. … continue reading →
Restoration and renovation work is progressing on the Jewish communal courtyard complex of buildings in Wrocław, southwest Poland. Current work includes the complete restoration of the small shtibl that has been used by the contemporary Jewish community, as well as … continue reading →
Historic synagogues in the UK are generally “less at risk” today than they were five years ago, with the biggest threats to these buildings “poor maintenance and redundancy due to of falling membership” in the congregations that use them. The … continue reading →
Thanks to a grant from the World Monuments Fund, emergency work is under way to save the ornate, polychrome wooden Ark in the 17th century synagogue in Iaşi, Romania. As we reported last year, the Ark and surrounding decorative frame … continue reading →
