The latest in the growing list of mobile apps for Jewish heritage travel is the Jewish Heritage Trail app for Białystok, Poland. The app — which can be downloaded from both ITunes and Google Play — was developed by … continue reading →
Much goes on in Poland regarding Jewish built heritage. Here are a few selected items of recent news we find of particular interest — as reported in the news section of the Virtual Shtetl web site. Permanent Jewish … continue reading →
A new promotional video highlights the campaign to restore the old Neolog Jewish cemetery in Arad, in western Romania near the border with Hungary — a vast but neglected site where some 10,000 people are buried, a number of … continue reading →
What should be a fascinating round-table discussion takes place this week (Sept. 14) in Budapest — experts and stakeholders getting together in public to discuss the future of the Moorish-style synagogue on Rumbach street, one of the three great synagogues … continue reading →
Sunday, Sept. 4, marked the inauguration of the Space of Synagogues, the first completed part of three planned sites commemorating Jewish history and heritage in L’viv, Ukraine. The project is believed to mark the first time in Ukraine that … continue reading →
