On his blog, Christian Herrmann reflects on a recent trip visiting Jewish sites in Bukovina and Galicia in western Ukraine. He describes “a very intense and emotional journey to the heritage of a vanished Jewish world. We visited 27 towns … continue reading →
New tri-lingual signage has been put up to mark the historic Old Jewish Cemetery and the synagogue, as well as other historic sites, in Siret, Romania, a small town in the Bucovina region on the border between Romania and Ukraine. … continue reading →
Lesley Weiss was recently named Chair of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad –and her first public participation in a major Jewish heritage preservation event was at last month’s conference in Krakow on Managing Jewish … continue reading →
The rundown Chewra Thilim (Psalm Brotherhood) Beit Midrash, or prayer house, where valuable wall paintings representing holy places and animals were discovered in 2008, has been turned into a disco club that opens this weekend. Called “Mezcal”, the club, according … continue reading →
The plenary sessions of the Managing Jewish Built Heritage conference in Krakow were live-streamed, and are now archived…. Click here for the link to the opening session and the keynote speech by Samuel D. Gruber Click here for the link … continue reading →
