Polychrome frescoes have been discovered in the historic synagogue in Bobowa, Poland, during restoration being carried out this autumn. Restoration work on the discovered paintings will continue into next spring. The discovery was reported in Virtual Shtetl, citing a report … continue reading →
According to a recent report in the Turkish media, it seems that the final use of the synagogue in Edirne, Turkey, currently under restoration, is still under discussion. In an interview with the Anadolu news agency, Turkey’s Directorate General for Foundations … continue reading →
The Canadian Jewish News highlights a Jewish cemetery restoration project in the Russian town of Mysovsk or Mysovaya, now called Babushkin, on the southern shore of Lake Baikal. Today a stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway, the town was until … continue reading →
In the In Focus section, we are pleased to publish the paper From “Atlantis” to …? The past and present of Jewish Krakow in the second decade of the new millennium by Dr. Monika Murzyn-Kupisz, which she presented in the session … continue reading →
Thanks to a more than €1.41 million grant from the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), two historic synagogues — the Kapolnas street synagogue in Debrecen, eastern Hungary and the Zion synagogue across the border in Oradea (Nagyvarad in … continue reading →
