You can see a lot about pre-World War II synagogue architecture on this web site… but what does it take to design a synagogue today? Only a small number of new synagogues have been built in Europe in recent decades. Often they stand … continue reading →
Here’s a switch! A deconsecrated Protestant church in Germany will be converted into a synagogue to serve a Jewish community that was revived in 1998 and now numbers about 400. Deutsche Welle reports that the Schlosskirche, in Cottbuss, will be converted … continue reading →
It’s summertime, and a number of volunteer initiatives to clean up Jewish cemeteries in various countries have been taking place. These initiatives — one-day efforts, or “work camps” that may last two or three weeks — are sponsored by a … continue reading →
A new, two-volume English-language work documents the more than 1,300 synagogues and prayer houses destroyed on Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom the night of November 9, 1938. The print edition, Pogrom Night 1938 – A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of … continue reading →
The Bet Tfila Research Centre for Jewish Architecture in Europe has published a new book on Jewish archaeology in European Antiquity and medieval central Europe by Prof. Ole Harck of the Department of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology at the Christian-Albrechts-University … continue reading →
