The Jewish Community in Plzeň (Pilsen) in the Czech Republic has applied for a 4.5-million-euro grant from the EU to restore the city’s twin-towered Great Synagogue and Rabbinical house. The planned reconstruction will mainly involve the interior of the Synagogue, … continue reading →
Take a virtual tour of Třebíč, a small town in the Czech Republic not far from Brno that has one of the largest and most intact old Jewish quarters in central Europe. The Quarter includes two synagogues, the Jewish … continue reading →
January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, is marked in many countries as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is an occasion for commemorative ceremonies, educational programs, and other initiatives. Monuments and memorials are also dedicated or form centerpieces … continue reading →
Holešov, in the northern Moravia region of the Czech Republic, is known for the renaissance Shach synagogue (or Old Synagogue) — built the 16th century and now a Museum of Moravian Jewry. Before WW2, another, modern, synagogue stood in … continue reading →
The January Jewish Heritage Europe Newsletter is out — our first of this year. There’s news and pix from Ukraine, Poland, France, England, Czech Republic, Slovakia…… You can sign up to receive it directly into your inbox, from the JHE … continue reading →
