A three-day, emergency crowd-funding appeal — ending Tuesday night UK time — is under way to repair recent serious water damage to the the Middle Street Synagogue in Brighton and also carry out wider restoration work on the building, named by … continue reading →
(JHE) — The former New Synagogue in Görlitz, which reopened last year as a cultural and religious centre after a lengthy renovation process is now topped again by a big Star of David for the first time since the original Star … continue reading →
Large-scale renovation work set to last six years is under way at the monumental synagogue on Halderstraße in Augsburg, with the German government covering half of the estimated €26 million costs. Work officially started at the end of July, and the … continue reading →
It’s a pleasure to re-visit Jewish heritage sites and see the progress on (or completion of) projects we’ve posted about before (or when) they got under way. Just four years ago, in September 2018, we visited the Jewish cemetery in … continue reading →
The synagogue in Schirmeck, France, will be the centrepiece of the official kick-off of the European Days of Jewish Culture on Sunday, September 4. The theme of this year’s EDJC is “Renewal,” and the ceremony will celebrate the current restoration … continue reading →
