Sergey Kravtsov, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Jewish Art in Jerusalem, has written a thoughtful op-ed on the value and preservation of Jewish religious heritage in Europe, published on the excellent “Future of Religious Heritage” web site. Born … continue reading →
Louis Davidson describes in an entertaining and enlightening blog post the circuitous path he had to follow in order to be able to photograph the interior of the Art Nouveau rue Pavée synagogue in the Marais district of Paris for … continue reading →
Cimetière juif de Sarre-Union : les dégâts by dna_web French authorities have detained five teenagers for desecrating about 250 gravestones in the Jewish cemetery in Sarre-Union in the Alsace region of eastern France near the German border and damaging … continue reading →
French authorities have detained five teenagers for desecrating about 250 gravestones in the Jewish cemetery in Sarre-Union in the Alsace region of eastern France near the German border and damaging a Holocaust memorial there. Media reports say the youths ranged … continue reading →
Ceremonies June 22 and a series of concerts June 23-25 are celebrating the 150th anniversary of the great synagogue in Lyon, France. A neo-Byzantine building whose street facade (at 13, quai Tilsitt, on the Saône River) resembles a stately mansion, … continue reading →
