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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Unknown vandals defaced a tomb and Holocaust monuments at the Jewish cemetery in Sochaczew, Poland with anti-semitic graffiti and pro-ISIS slogans The graffiti, believed to have been spray-painted Sunday night, included the Star of David on a gallows, a swastika, the number 88 (a code for … continue reading →
