Mazel tov to the historian, architect, and artist Natalia Romik, who has won a prestigious Dan David prize to further her work on researching and preserving the hiding places used by Jews during the Holocaust! Natalia is one of nine … continue reading →
The long-derelict Fabric Synagogue — designed by Lipot Baumhorn — and other Jewish heritage in Timisoara, Romania are on the 2022 World Monuments Watch: a list compiled by the World Monuments Fund of 25 heritage sites around the world deemed … continue reading →
We wrote in 2020 about the restoration of the exterior of the synagogue in Karcag, Hungary….Now that restoration is up for an award — and you can help by voting for it. The award is question is sponsored by the … continue reading →
The new memorial park on the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue in Oświęcim — the town is southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp — is one of the 40 architectural sites shortlisted for the prestigious … continue reading →
An award-winning citizens’ association hopes to purchase the decaying, half-timbered former synagogue and adjacent mikvah building in the village of Harmuthsachsen, in north central Germany, and make them accessible to the public for commemoration, educational work and guided tours. “There is a … continue reading →
