Jewish Heritage Europe

Poland Jewish heritage notes…renovations, exhibits, etc

  Much goes on in Poland regarding Jewish built heritage. Here are a few selected items of recent news we find of particular interest — as reported in the news section of the Virtual Shtetl web site.   Permanent Jewish … continue reading →

Russia/Belarus: fruitful summer research on Jewish heritage

  Sefer – the Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization in Moscow — carried out three weeklong field schools this summer during which students documented Jewish material heritage and carried out interviews and other research on local Jewish history … continue reading →

New Resource on Romanian Synagogues

A new online resource on Romanian synagogues features a photographic documentation by Daniel Gruenfeld of 14 synagogues in the northeastern part of the country (with, we hope, more to follow). The web site is a project of Centropa, the Jewish … continue reading →

Hungary: Discussing the future of the Rumbach st. Synagogue in Budapest

What should be a fascinating round-table discussion takes place this week (Sept. 14) in Budapest — experts and stakeholders getting together in public to discuss the future of the Moorish-style synagogue on Rumbach street, one of the three great synagogues … continue reading →