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Restoration work on the synagogue in Březnice, Czech Republic (about an hour’s drive south of Prague) is nearing completion, as part of the nationwide 10 Stars project. Dedication is set for this coming autumn. Jewish Heritage Europe coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber … continue reading →
Lo Tishkach, the massive Jewish cemetery survey and database project, has announced expanded research and documentation of Jewish cemeteries in Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Jewish VAAD umbrella group. Beginning in early June, the VAAD will start surveying the … continue reading →
An exhibit opening next week in Krakow’s gothic Old Synagogue (which has housed the Jewish branch of the city’s history museum for more than 50 years) will present a three dimensional reconstruction of the old Jewish quarter, Kazimierz, as … continue reading →
In the “hazards of visiting overgrown Jewish cemeteries” department…. Luis Cicerone describes on his “TravelTooth” blog being chased by feral dogs in one of Bucharest’s Jewish cemeteries… Stray dogs are a common sight in Bucharest, but it seems that cemeteries … continue reading →
The Jewish heritage sites in Pesaro, on Italy’s Adriatic coast, will be opened to visitors from now until the end of September, but — as in previous years — only on one afternoon a week. Sites include the old Jewish quarter, … continue reading →
