Police are investigating a vandal attack that damaged or destroyed more than 20 gravestones in the sprawling Jewish cemetery in Lodz, Poland. The damage was discovered on Tuesday. Among the destroyed stones was the recently renovated tomb of the Rabbi … continue reading →
A $50,000 fund-raising campaign coordinated under the auspices of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee has been launched to restore the synagogue in Gherla, Romania. Built in 1903, the synagogue is in danger of collapse unless urgent structural repairs are … continue reading →
What is reportedly the world’s largest Jewish museum has opened in Moscow. Israeli President Shimon Peres (who is on an official visit to Russia) joined Jewish and Russian leaders for the gala inauguration Nov. 8 of the Russian-Jewish Museum of … continue reading →
The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which opens in Warsaw next year, has announced the launch of a major project and valuable new resource — a searchable Central Judaica Database that is to provide “information about monuments … continue reading →
In the Issues pages of our In Focus section, we publish a lengthy article by the Czech researcher Martin Smok about the destroyed (and now all but forgotten) Jewish community in Prague’s Vinohrady district and in particular its destroyed synagogue … continue reading →
