After four years of preparation, planning and on-site work, the site of the destroyed Old Jewish Cemetery in Tallinn has been reopened as a memorial area and park, with information panels, marked grave sites, and restored the arched gate, walls, paths, and … continue reading →
In 2019 we posted that the municipality of Jirkov, in northwest Czech Republic near the border with Germany, had purchased the town’s dilapidated former synagogue in 2016, intending to restore it and its grounds as a social and cultural center. … continue reading →
The Jewish community of Florence has launched a fundraising campaign for the restoration of the 18th century synagogue in Siena, which was damaged in an earthquake in February. (The small Jewish community in Siena is a branch of that in … continue reading →
The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation has awarded $200,000 toward the restoration of the funeral hall (beit kaddishim) within the sprawling Chișinău Jewish Cemetery on Milano Street. The project, announced Tuesday, is a partnership between the U.S. and Moldovan … continue reading →
Monday marked a day that many skeptics doubted would ever happen — after years of delays and false starts, the long-derelict synagogue in Vidin, on heights overlooking the Danube, opened after a full restoration as a multipurpose cultural center dedicated … continue reading →
