A rich new interactive digital resource provides detailed audio, video, and text information about the life and history of London’s East End — the city’s historic Jewish immigrant neighborhood. It’s a fascinating new resource to explore, at a time when … continue reading →
The long-abandoned synagogue of Kővágóörs, a village near the north shore of Hungary’s Lake Balaton, is – finally – set to be reconstructed. A foundation set up last year has purchased the long-ruined building and plans to restore it for … continue reading →
This year marks the 160th birthday of the prolific Hungarian synagogue architect Lipót Baumhorn (1860-19320). In honor of Baumhorn’s 160th, we are posting here a pdf of the chapter about Baumhorn — “SYNAGOGUES SEEKING HEAVEN” — that appears in … continue reading →
We mourn the death of Lajos Erdélyi, a Holocaust survivor from Transylvania who as a journalist and photographer was a pioneer in the post-Holocaust documentation of Jewish cemeteries in Romania. Erdélyi, who was 90, passed away Sunday night in Budapest. … continue reading →
Here’s a helpful new resource for descendants seeking to restore the Jewish cemetery in their ancestors’ town or village in Poland. Research ecologist Bill Brostoff has compiled a downloadable 16-page guide to this process. Dr. Brostoff has based much of … continue reading →
