An extensive — and it is hoped growing — new online resource on Hungarian synagogues has been recently launched. Called synagogues.hu it amounts to a sort of virtual museum on Hungarian synagogue architecture — and in fact was organized by … continue reading →
The exhibition “Jewish Płock – Architectural Visions and Realizations” opens December 4 at the Museum of Mazovian Jews, which is located in a former synagogue in the town northwest of Warsaw. Curated by Gabriela Nowak of the Mazovian Museum and Agnieszka Wojciechowska … continue reading →
The first steps have been taken toward the possible restoration of the ruined Ashkenazic Great Synagogue in the Black Sea port city of Constanța, Rpmania. A team of architects visited the site this week to assess the condition of the devastated … continue reading →
The town of Grodzisk Mazowiecki near Warsaw has — for the moment — suspended a plan that would build a residential complex with underground parking on the site of the Jewish cemetery pending investigations to determine the cemetery’s borders. JTA … continue reading →
The historic, fortress-style synagogue in Husiatyn, Ukraine is for rent. Dating from the late 16th-early 17th century, the synagogue is one of four historic sites — the others are two castles and a church — that are for rent by … continue reading →
