Great Britain’s umbrella United Synagogue organization has issued a competition call to choose a team to design and produce the renovation plan for London’s Willesden Jewish Cemetery, founded in 1873 and with a neo-Gothic ceremonial hall and more than … continue reading →
JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber is featured in an interview about Jewish heritage sites around the world, published in the Travel section of USAToday newspaper. The interviewer asked her to highlight some of her favorite sites to visit, in North … continue reading →
The fitful process of restoring the synagogue in Bytča, Slovakia has received a boost with a €2,000 grant from Slovak Telecom to aid in the restoration of the building’s painted, coffered ceiling which has suffered dry rot, fungus and … continue reading →
The Religious Information Service of Ukraine reports that the restoration of the synagogue and rebbe’s residence in Sadagora, a suburb of Chernivtsi, is nearing completion after three years of work, and the site will be open to the public within … continue reading →
On the occasion of his visit Tuesday (April 5) to the newly fenced Jewish cemetery in Frampol, southeastern Poland, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has published a strong op-ed decrying “a dramatic increase in anti-Semitism across our … continue reading →
