With war continuing in Ukraine, prompting millions to flee their homes, we find it important to share an open letter sent recently to Jewish museums in Europe by Jakub Nowakowski, director of the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow. He questions … continue reading →
Purim starts tonight. It’s a festival holiday in which imbibing alcohol …. plays a role. Read our Purim 2019 article, about Jews and the wine and liquor trade With Ukraine in our hearts, and on our minds, we focus today the … continue reading →
Moves are under way to return the former synagogue on the Greek island of Kos, near Rhodes, to active use as a Jewish house of worship. As part of these plans, a search is under way for an ark and bimah … continue reading →
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 →
