Good news — it looks as if the grand New Synagogue in Gyöngyös, Hungary — used since the 1990s as a furniture store — may be transformed this year into a cultural and exhibition center. According to Nepszabadsag (summarized in English … continue reading →
JHE coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber has written an article in Tablet Magazine about the debate surrounding plans for a controversial new government-sponsored Holocaust memorial museum slated to be opened in April in a long-disused train station. She writes about “the powerful … continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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
