Passover — Pesach — begins on Monday night, with the Seder meal — a ritual repast that forms the basis of installations in various Jewish (and sometimes other) museums. With its Matzo and its symbolic foods arranged on a special … continue reading →
The city of Plauen, in eastern Germany near the Czech border, has launched a crowd-funding campaign to help support the preservation of the surviving ruined wall of its pre-WW2 synagogue and create a memorial there. The official launch took place … continue reading →
We have posted a number of times about the former synagogue in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and the project to create there a Welsh Jewish Heritage Centre, spearheaded by the Foundation for Jewish Heritage. Here’s another aspect of the Jewish heritage … continue reading →
We have posted several times about Genizas — depositories of worn out or disused ritual and other objects which for religious reasons cannot simply be thrown away. Sometimes they are buried in Jewish cemeteries; often they are hidden away in … continue reading →
Purim begins tomorrow night… it is a festive holiday, a time of celebration, crazy costumes, and… drink. On Purim, we read the Esther scroll, or Megillah, the Book of Esther that tells how Queen Esther saved the Jews of the … continue reading →
