At the end of January, Tsvetan Tsenkov, the mayor of Vidin, Bulgaria, said in an interview with themayor.eu portal that the municipality is “clearing the last things” before moving forward in the long-stalled restoration of the city’s ruined synagogue and … continue reading →
The so-called “Kaukaski” synagogue in the eastern Polish town of Krynki, long used as a cinema and more recently as a sports and culture center, is to undergo renovation. According to an article on the web site Bialystok online, the … continue reading →
What to do — and how to do it — with large and/or historic synagogues closed because of dwindling congregations remain key issues, which we have written about several times in the past. Conversion into housing is one solution — … continue reading →
From August 5 to 19, 2019, nearly 30 volunteers from the US-based Bialystok Cemetery Restoration Project (BCRP) worked on the Bagnowka Jewish Cemetery in Białystok, Poland, joined by local Polish volunteers. The work coincided with that of the German-based Aktion … continue reading →
Archaeologists carrying out preliminary work ahead of a planned renovation of the abandoned 18th-century synagogue in Wieliczka, Poland have discovered a “treasure chest” full of ritual items and other precious material buried under the synagogue floor. Local media reported that … continue reading →
