Jewish Heritage Europe

More headstone fragments discovered in Rohatyn

  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! Lipot Baumhorn’s architectural plans for Brasov Romania synagogue

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 →

New photos — restored Sataniv, Ukraine, synagogue and Jewish cemetery

The German researcher  Christian Herrmann is on one of his regular trips to Ukraine to document Jewish heritage sites. On his trip, he visited Sataniv (Satanov) and was able to photograph the historic 16th century fortress synagogue, which has been … continue reading →

Status report article on the Archeological Zone/Jewish Museum in Cologne

  The Times of Israel runs a lengthy article on the current state of the Archeological Zone/Jewish Museum in Cologne, Germany. It summarizes the extremely important finds that archeologists have turned up and gives a status report on the project … continue reading →