A new, permanent exhibit on the history of Jews in Pécs and surrounding Baranya County, from the 18th century to the present, has been opened in the city’s synagogue. According to the Hungarian news agency MTI, the exhibit, which opened just … continue reading →
Our previous post highlighted an article by Phyllis Myers in this month’s Moment Magazine in which she poses the old question: should old synagogues in eastern Europe be saved? Her answer was a decided YES. It is important to remember, however, … continue reading →
Mazel tov! Just in time for Rosh Hashana, a ceremony in Debrecen, Hungary on Sunday celebrated the re-opening of the city’s 104-year-old Kápolnás street synagogue, after a fullscale renovation financed as part of a more than €1.41 million grant from the European Union’s … continue reading →
Two books on Jewish heritage in Romania that were originally published in hardback have now come out as E-books on the i-Books platform, available via iTunes, making them finally available to a wider public. Click the blue links to get … continue reading →
A new association has been founded to promote and develop Jewish heritage in southern Italy’s Calabria region, the toe of the Italian boot, where Jews flourished in ancient times and in the middle ages but were ordered expelled in … continue reading →
