The Bratislava Jewish Community Museum, which opened in June 2012, is located in the women’s gallery of the city’s one surviving synagogue — the orthodox synagogue on Heydukova street. The permanent exhibits open on to the sanctuary of the synagogue, … continue reading →
Many thanks to Jasna Ciric, the president of the Jewish community in Nis, Serbia, for her documentation of the exterior of the synagogue in Subotica, Serbia, showing the restored sections and also the parts still awaiting work. Fitful restoration of the synagogue … continue reading →
Worth Noting! Thanks to our friends at the Gedenkstättenportal / Sites of Remembrance for drawing attention to a very rich online “FlickRiver” source of photographs of synagogues. As our friends pointed out, it’s “a huge gallery of pictures of synagogues from … continue reading →
June 28 marked the 100th anniversary of the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip — a killing that served as the spark for World War I. Jews fought on all sides in the “War … continue reading →
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has launched an important new online resource on Jews and Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Poland: the YIVO Digital Archive on Jewish Life in Poland. The vast online collection, which includes digitized manuscripts, posters, photographs, … continue reading →
