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Call for Applications: 12th edition of the annual conservation and restoration summer work camp in the old Jewish cemetery in Alba Iulia, July 21-30.

Can you get to west-central Romania this summer? Applications are open for participants in the 12th edition of the annual conservation and restoration summer work camp in the old Jewish cemetery in Alba Iulia, July 21-30. The camp focus includes restoration … continue reading →

Romania: The Tranzit House contemporary arts project restores the western facade of the former Poalei Tzedek synagogue in Cluj, where it has been housed since 1997

Facade of Tranzit House, with mural -- in 2006

Tranzit House,  the contemporary arts association based in the former Poalei Tzedek synagogue in Cluj, is carrying out a longterm project to restore the building and has posted on its Facebook page a photo  documentation of the recently completed restoration … continue reading →

Romania: Watch a video showing progress in the restoration of the long-ruined Ashkenazic Great Synagogue in Constanța

Restoration work  on the long-ruined Ashkenazic Great Synagogue in the Black Sea port of Constanța is progressing apace. Watch a TV News report — it’s in Romanian, but the images tell the story.   The synagogue was designed in the … continue reading →

Italy: Rome’s Tempio Maggiore to undergo an innovative acoustic improvement project aimed at enriching the experience of collective prayer.

Looking into the dome of the Tempio Maggiore

The monumental Tempio Maggiore, or Great Synagogue, in Rome is to undergo an innovative acoustic improvement project aimed at enriching the experience of collective prayer. The initiative seeks to restore “the full intensity and clarity of collective prayer in a … continue reading →