Jewish Heritage Europe

Fund-raising art auction to aid Žilina synagogue restoration

The Nová Synagóga project is organizing an art auction on October 30 to raise funds for the restoration of the modernist synagogue in Žilina, Slovakia, which it is reconstructing for as a contemporary arts center. The modernist synagogue, designed by the German … continue reading →

Iaşi Romania synagogue on World Monuments Fund Watch List

The World Monuments Fund has placed the 17th century Great Synagogue in Iaşi, in northern Romania, on its 2014 Watch list of endangered cultural heritage sites, underscoring the threats to the historic building, the oldest synagogue in Romania and one … continue reading →

Rededication of restored synagogue in Čkyně, CZ

E. Randol Schoenberg, Acting Executive Director of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, has written a detailed blog post about the rededication ceremony October 5 of the little rural synagogue in Čkyně, a small town in southern Czech Republic where … continue reading →

Video on Jewish heritage research and documentation in W. Ukraine

This brief documentary describes the work of the Jewish Galicia and Bukovina Association (and its Ludmir Fellowship) in researching and documenting Jewish history, heritage and culture in Bukovina and Galicia, in western Ukraine. The second part of the film shows … continue reading →