The public is invited to “open doors” events at the Jewish cemetery in Moinesti, in northeast Romania, on Sept. 6 and 8, between 4 and 6 p.m. The events are sponsored by the Leolam Jewish Heritage Foundation, which was founded … continue reading →
Notes on recent (or ongoing) cemetery restoration and preservation projects around Europe On his Vanished World blog, Christian Herrmann reports on the start August 9 of the SVIT work camp to clean up the vast Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) … continue reading →
The Nova Synagoga project restoring the New Synagogue in Zilina, Slovakia and transforming it into an arts center will recognize donors to the €1 million project with an art work. The modernist synagogue, designed by the German architect Peter Behrens and … continue reading →
Clean-up and restoration work starts Aug. 1 in the Jewish cemetery in Myslowice, in southern Poland, thanks to pressure on municipal authorities by local citizens and activists, writes the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper. The cemetery situated on ul. Gwarków is … continue reading →
Restoration work at the historic synagogue in Exeter, England – built in 1763 and the third oldest in the UK — was finished in time for celebrations this month marking its 250th anniversary. The Jewish Chronicle reports that the £118,000 repair work brought … continue reading →
