Article proposal submissions are invited for publication in “Synagogue Art and Architecture,” a special issue of Arts, an open-access, peer-reviewed and ranked internet journal. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. Deadline to submit proposals is … continue reading →
JHE friend, the Cologne-based photographer Christian Herrmann, spends his free time traveling to eastern Europe to photograph the surviving traces of pre-Holocaust Jewish life that still stand across the region. We have highlighted his work a number of times, … continue reading →
The International Center for Litvak Photography has just published the e-book Back to Shul — a highly personal text and photo essay by the Center’s director, the British photographer Richard Schofield, that chronicles a 12-day journey documenting synagogue buildings in Lithuania. … continue reading →
Simchat Torah — Rejoicing in the Torah, the Jewish festival that celebrates the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings (and beginning of the new cycle), falls on Monday-Tuesday. To mark the occasion, here are some images of the Aron ha Kodesh, or … continue reading →
Continuing our series on synagogues that were dedicated at Rosh Hashana … we’ve posted recently about the monumental Great Synagogue in Plzen (Pilsen), Czech Republic, which is about to undergo extensive renovation. But we can’t resist posting the new … continue reading →
