Thanks to a nearly £350,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, a Jewish Heritage Centre will be established in the grand Garnethill synagogue in Glasgow, Scotland — a Grade A listed building that was Scotland’s first purpose-built synagogue. The Fund … continue reading →
Two landmarked historic synagogues in England — in Reading and in Liverpool — have received government grants to repair their roofs, as part of the government-sponsored Listed Places of Worship Roof Repair Fund (LPOW), which “was set up to … 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 →
The Maceva Litvak Cemetery Catalogue, strapped for funding, has launched a newly designed web site which includes a new access policy for its digitized cemetery resources that essentially puts its database behind a paywall. Under the new policy, Maceva … continue reading →
We reported a few days ago about state grants to Jewish heritage projects, specifically the restoration of synagogues, in Lithuania. One of these was €80,000 granted as first stage funding to repair the roof and facade of the wooden … continue reading →
