After decades of fitful starts and setbacks, the magnificent art nouveau synagogue in Subotica, Serbia has been officially reopened with a high-profile ceremony attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (A second dedication ceremony organized … continue reading →
The Budapest Jewish community reports that restoration work is going “full blast” on the Moorish-style Rumbach St. Synagogue in Budapest, one of the three great synagogues that anchor the city’s downtown “Jewish triangle.” The synagogue, dating from 1872 … continue reading →
Work has begun to restore the ruined synagogue in Chechelnyk, southwestern Ukraine, for the use of Hasidic pilgrims visiting the graves of the Tzaddik Moshe Zvi Giterman of Savran and his descendants, according to the Religious Information Service of Ukraine. … continue reading →
We only occasionally report on updated web sites — but we would like to point out this one. The web site for the restoration of the synagogue in Bytča, Slovakia is now fully available in an English language version. (NOTE: … continue reading →
Slovak media is reporting on progress in the restoration of the long-derelict synagogue that anchors the Orthodox Jewish compound on Zvonarska street in Košice, the main city in eastern Slovakia. Korzár Košice writes that the latest step in the … continue reading →
