The Italian Jewish community is appealing for aid to help restore synagogues and other Jewish properties in several cities that were damaged in the earthquakes that struck northern Italy May 20 and 30. The quakes killed at least … continue reading →
Five gravestones in the historic Jewish cemetery in Hohenems, in Austria’s far-western Voralberg Region, have been vandalized, but it was apparently the work of drunken revelers attending a festival Sunday night held in a tent a few hundred meters away, … continue reading →
The summer workshops around Poland to reconstruct the intricate painted murals on the replicated ceiling of the 17th-century Gwozdziec synagogue have gotten under way! The workshops are taking place in five synagogues (active and non) around Poland: Gdansk, Sejny, … continue reading →
A local news portal in Serbia has run a lengthy article about the abandoned Jewish cemetery in the town of Jasa Tomic. It is written in Serbian, but google translate gives you the gist of how the writer of … continue reading →
Vandals have toppled or otherwise damaged 55 tombstones in the old Orthodox section of the Jewish cemetery in Kosice, Slovakia. The damage — amounting to 50,000 euro — was discovered on Monday afternoon. An article in the online publication … continue reading →
