MACEVA, the non-profit organization founded by Lithuanian psychologist Aleksandr Avramenko and Lithuanian author Sergey Kanovich, has announced that it is digitizing, reconstructing and cleaning three more abandonded Jewish cemetery sites in Lithuania: the cemeteries in Pabrade, Dieveniskes and Utena. … continue reading →
A restoration project at the 17th Century Portuguese Synagogue Complex in Amsterdam has been awarded the European Union’s Europa Nostra prize for conservation. From the Europa Nostra web site: “Thanks to the restoration work, the Portuguese Synagogue is now … continue reading →
A well-preserved mikvah pool has been discovered in Zamosc, Poland. According an article in Gazeta newspaper and quoted by Virtual Shtetl, it was discovered in the basement of the former late 19th-century Jewish bath house, during renovation work on … continue reading →
The Ehemalige Jüdische Mädchenschule, a former Jewish girls’ school in Berlin, has been transformed and reopened as an arts and dining center — one that includes exhibition spaces, galleries, and even a kosher restaurant that offers Shabbat meals. … continue reading →
After years of neglect, the dilapidated 19th-century synagogue building in the town of Koronowo in north-central Poland may be preserved and restored for use as a cultural center. In the local newspaper Gazeta Pomorska, Adam Lewandowski writes that the … continue reading →
