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The new Regional Museum in the small town of Susz, in northern Poland, has opened in the renovated, red brick former synagogue. The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place September 24. The project was undertaken by the local Galea Historical and Research … continue reading →
(JHE) — A full-scale replica of one of the hundreds of East European wooden synagogues destroyed during WW2 has been installed at Poland’s largest open-air ethnographic museum, or skansen. The replica of the synagogue of Połaniec now forms part of a … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Barbara Staudinger, who has been named the new director of the Jewish Museum of Vienna. She will take up the position in July 2022, after the conclusion of the mandate of the current director, Danielle Spera, who … continue reading →
Today’s visitors to Jewish cemeteries are often frustrated by their inability to read the Hebrew inscriptions on the gravestones. In Eisenstadt, Austria, this has been remedied by the attachment of stickers with QR codes to each matzevah in the city’s … continue reading →
Are you in the Czech Republic today? Take advantage of the fourth edition of the Day of Jewish Monuments to visit dozens of Jewish heritage sites around the country. More than 50 selected Jewish heritage sites more than three dozen … continue reading →
