The former synagogue in Slavonice, a small town in the southern Czech Republic on the Austrian border, is for sale by the city — the sale is advertised on the town’s web site, which has a link to a real … continue reading →
The Virtual Shtetl portal reports that the Museum of the History of Polish Jews has exceeded its budget and is seeking more operational funding from the state and the city of Warsaw. The report says that the opening of the … continue reading →
The Forward has run an article about the Teleki ter shtibl project in Budapest — the revitalization of an old apartment synagogue in Budapest’s 8th district — and the hopes of the project’s prime movers, brothers Andras and Gabor … continue reading →
On his Vanished World blog, Christian Herrmann reports on the work of volunteers who spent three weeks in August cleaning up the vast Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) Ukraine, clearing it of the weeds, vines, bushes and other other vegetation … continue reading →
Today, Sept. 29, is the annual European Day of Jewish Culture — with hundreds of events planned in a dozen countries around Europe: performances, lectures, concerts, guided tours, food-tastings, book fairs, and more. Synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and other Jewish heritage … continue reading →
