Work is under way at the historic Jewish cemetery in Bitola, Macedonia, to create a memorial park there commemorating the large local Jewish community murdered in the Holocaust. The site will be called the Memorial Park for the Jews … continue reading →
Unknown vandals defaced a tomb and Holocaust monuments at the Jewish cemetery in Sochaczew, Poland with anti-semitic graffiti and pro-ISIS slogans The graffiti, believed to have been spray-painted Sunday night, included the Star of David on a gallows, a swastika, the number 88 (a code for … continue reading →
On October 9, 2015 the impressive “Lost Shtetl” memorial complex was officially dedicated in and around the small town of Šeduva, Lithuania, with a ceremony attended by Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and other VIPs, including Amir Maimon, Israel’s first ambassador to Lithuania; Darius … continue reading →
We posted the other day about the construction that has begun to implement the Space of Synagogues memorial in L’viv. We post here pictures taken of the site, in front of the ruined Golden Rose synagogue, on November 8 … continue reading →
“The Space of Synagogues: Jewish History, Common Heritage and Responsibility” project in L’viv has entered the physical realization stage. The project aims to transform the sites of the Turei Zahav, or Golden Rose, Synagogue, and the neighboring sites of the Beth … continue reading →
