A new digital portal features a growing interactive map pinpointing cultural and religious sites of Turkey’s Armenian, Greek, Jewish and Syriac minorities. Called Türkiye Kültürel Varlıkları Haritası” (Turkey’s Map of Cultural Heritages), the portal was launched by the Hrant Dink … continue reading →
The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews has launched a new smartphone and tablet travel app for Jewish Warsaw. It is available on both IOS and Android platforms. The app, called “Warsaw, Varshe” — referring to the Yiddish … continue reading →
The World Monuments Fund has mounted an online exhibition about the history and architecture of the striking, art nouveau synagogue in Subotica, Serbia, which has been undergoing fitful — and as yet incomplete — restoration for decades. With its … continue reading →
We posted the other day about restoration work on the exterior of the magnificent Neolog Synagogue in Szeged, Hungary…. In case you were wondering what this grandly opulent building, the masterpiece of the Hungarian architect Lipot Baumhorn, looks like … continue reading →
Last week we posted about the Maceva Litvak Cemetery Catalogue putting its digital database of Jewish cemeteries behind a paywall for most users… in our new Have Your Say op-ed, “We Can’t Live on Air,” Maceva founder Sergey Kanovich … continue reading →
