The Ehemalige Jüdische Mädchenschule, a former Jewish girls’ school in Berlin, has been transformed and reopened as an arts and dining center — one that includes exhibition spaces, galleries, and even a kosher restaurant that offers Shabbat meals. … continue reading →
In the Jewish Review of Books, David Gelernter writes about the architecture of two strikingly different but surprisingly similar synagogues: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Beth Shalom in suburban Philadelphia, built in the 1950s, and the wooden synagogue in Gwozdziec, now … continue reading →
The American artist Andrea Strongwater writes on Huffington Post about her fascination with destroyed synagogues in Europe and her efforts to recreate these buildings through her art. She is currently working on a series of children’s books that will … continue reading →
Virtual Shtetl reports that the extraordinary monument memorial at the former Belzec Nazi death camp in southeast Poland is among 15 structures in the running for an award for the most striking masterpiece of Polish architecture built in the past … continue reading →
Vandals have toppled or damaged about 10 gravestones at the historic Jewish cemetery in the village of Puklice, near Jihlava in Moravia.The cemetery, listed as a national cultural monument, was probably founded in the 15th century; the oldest legible gravestone … continue reading →
