The Synagogue de la Victoire, the Grand Synagogue of Paris, is marking this year the 150th anniversary of the beginning of its construction with a new, richly illustrated book that recounts the synagogue’s history and architecture and 150 … continue reading →
A new photography book has come out about two of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the U.K. Called East End Jewish Cemeteries: Brady Street and Alderney Road, the 96-page volume is the result of a five-year documentation project by the … continue reading →
An article by Misha Sidenberg, visual arts curator at the Jewish Museum in Prague, details what she calls “an unparalleled example of Jewish defiance against Nazi genocide and cultural plunder” — the rescue and preservation of Jewish cultural and … continue reading →
One of the main challenges facing the public representation of medieval Jewish history in England is the lack of tangible evidence. In our new Have Your Say op-ed, Toni Griffiths, a PhD student at Winchester University, provides insight into recent … continue reading →
A map pinpointing the location of more than 130 synagogues, shtibls, and Jewish prayer houses that stood in Vilnius before the Holocaust has been published. Today, only two synagogues (recognizable as synagogues) still stand in the city — the Choral … continue reading →
