A new smartphone app for Jewish heritage in Chania, Crete — including the Etz Hayyim synagogue — has been developed and will soon be available for IOS and Android platforms. The app is the third in a series of travel … continue reading →
Last night — June 4-5 — was the sixth edition of the “7@Nite” or “Night of the Synagogues” in Krakow, a wonderful initiative where all seven of the synagogues in the historic Jewish district, Kazimierz, were opened to the … continue reading →
ShUM is an acronym of the first letters of the medieval Hebrew names of three cities in Germany: Shin (Sh) = Shpira = Speyer; Vav (represented as U) = Warmaisa = Worms; and Mem (M) = Magenza = Mainz. In … continue reading →
Starting in the latter part of the 19th century, Jewish gravestones in parts of Europe often included laminated photographs (or even sometimes sculpted portraits) of the deceased. Some of the photos are haunting (such as the one pictured above.) … continue reading →
The Monastiriotes synagogue in Thessaloniki, Greece, one of the few synagogues to have survived in a city that before World War II had nearly 60, was ceremoniously reopened this month after a full restoration. Designed by the Czech … continue reading →
