Marla Raucher Osborn of Gesher Galicia reports that at least 29 new Jewish headstones and fragments have been identified and recovered in Rohatyn, Ukraine, where she has been active with local people in efforts to identify Jewish headstones found … continue reading →
Fantastic!!! Jullie Dawson, who is making a survey of Jewish material in archives in Romania, has uncovered the architectural plans for the Neolog synagogue in Brasov, Romania, designed by Budapest-based Lipot Baumhorn, Europe’s most prolific pre-WW2 synagogue architect. She has … continue reading →
Marking the 70th anniversary of the deportation of Greek Jews, JTA runs a story about the dwindling Romaniote Jewish community in Ioannina, with a focus (and picture) of the historic synagogue there. The Nazis rounded up more than 1800 … continue reading →
The installation of the replica of the painted ceiling and bimah of the destroyed wooden synagogue that once stood in Gwozdziec (now Ukraine) have been completed at the Museum of the History Polish Jews. In this video, Rick and … continue reading →
In the mid-2000s Emil Fish, who left his native Bardejov, in eastern Slovakia, in 1949, founded an association to preserve Jewish heritage in his home town, the Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee. Among other things, the group is constructing a … continue reading →
