Jewish Heritage Europe

New digital uploads of old synagogue postcards from the Rosenthall collection

  The Low Country Digital Library at the College of Charleston, South Carolina, has uploaded 430 postcards of central and eastern European synagogues from the Rabbi William A. Rosenthall Collection of Judaica, which is held at the College. Rosenthall was the rabbi at … continue reading →

See restored stained glass windows in Subotica (& Novi Sad) synagogues!

Click the links and take a look at these beautiful galleries of photographs documenting the restored stained glass windows in the art nouveau synagogues in Subotica  and  Novi Sad, Serbia! The work was carried out by the Stanišić Stained Glass … continue reading →

Sam Gruber’s second “Lost Shul” lecture on synagogue painting

Following our previous post — here’s Dr. Samuel D. Gruber’s second “Lost Shul” lecture, Nov. 10, in Burlington VT, on synagogue painting in Eastern European Jewish tradition. (We also added this to our original post Dec. 10). ShareTweetSharePin

Cross-border project renovates synagogues in Debrecen, HU and Oradea, RO

  Thanks to a more than €1.41 million grant from the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), two historic synagogues — the Kapolnas street synagogue in Debrecen, eastern Hungary and the Zion synagogue across the border in Oradea (Nagyvarad in … continue reading →

Architectural Modernism — New European Route of Jewish Heritage

Mazel tov to the European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of European Jewish Culture and Heritage (AEPJ) on the launch of its new website/route on Architectural Modernism in European Synagogues! Prepared by Jon Wright, the web site falls under … continue reading →