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Poland: conference to tackle issues related to the preservation, protection, and documentation of Jewish cemeteries in Poland

A conference in Poland next week will tackle a range of issues relating to Jewish cemetery preservation, documentation, and legal status. The two-day meeting, organized by the Gliwice Museum, will be held at the Memorial House of Upper Silesian Jews, … continue reading →

Hungary: The convoluted saga of a grandiose Budapest synagogue that never got built

A number of major synagogues in Europe were built according to designs that were chosen after competitions that drew architects who were often prominent nationally and/or internationally. The grand synagogues in Szeged, Hungary and Trieste, Italy are only two of … continue reading →

Germany: A new synagogue is inaugurated in Konstanz, 81 years after the pre-war synagogue was destroyed on Kristallnacht

The Jewish community in Konstanz, Germany, has a brand new synagogue. The new synagogue in the city, located on Lake Constance on the Swiss border, was inaugurated  on Sunday (Nov. 10) — 81 years after the city’s pre-WW2 synagogue was … continue reading →