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Latvia: Video of opening of restored Rezekne “Green Synagogue”

  Here’s a video of the (snowy) official ceremony January 22 opening the historic wooden “Green Synagogue” in Rezekne, Latvia after a €700,000 renovation process that lasted a decade. The building — as we reported earlier — will be a wooden … continue reading →

Latvia: Restored Rezekne Green Synagogue to be rededicated

  The historic wooden Green Synagogue in Rezekne, Latvia will be reopened January 22 as a wooden architectural heritage center and cultural space with an exhibition about Jewish heritage, following a more than €700,000 renovation. It will be open to the … continue reading →

Italy: the 16th century Jewish tombstones in Bologna

  The Jewish history in Bologna, Italy stretches back centuries, but it was interrupted in 1569, when all Jews were expelled from the city as part of Pope Pius V’s banishment of Jews from everywhere in the Papal domains except Rome … continue reading →

Lithuania: Jewish Cultural Route Association established

  A Jewish Cultural Route Association has been established in Lithuania, with the aim of developing an officially sponsored program of Jewish cultural tourism in the country, including an itinerary of major sites of Jewish heritage. The Association was established December … continue reading →

Macedonia: progress at Jewish cemetery in Bitola; will be memorial park

  Work is under way at the historic Jewish cemetery in Bitola, Macedonia, to create a memorial park there commemorating the large local Jewish community murdered in the Holocaust. The site will be called the Memorial Park for the Jews … continue reading →