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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
