Today, Sept. 29, is the annual European Day of Jewish Culture — with hundreds of events planned in a dozen countries around Europe: performances, lectures, concerts, guided tours, food-tastings, book fairs, and more. Synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and other Jewish heritage … continue reading →
Though thousands of Jewish heritage sites — synagogues, cemeteries, mikvaot, former ghetto areas, etc — still stand, in one form or another, many, many Jewish places have been razed, forgotten or erased from memory. Many synagogue buildings have been … continue reading →
The magnificent synagogue and Jewish museum at Casale Monferrato in northern Italy will be closed for the month of August due to restoration work. The announcement on the synagogue/museum’s newly designed web site did not specify what work will … continue reading →
Anna Blayer, the retired director of Rome’s Jewish Museum, has died, aged 78. Blayer, a longtime Jewish activist, was the director of the Jewish Museum from the mid-1980s until 2005, when Daniela Di Castro (who, sadly, passed away prematurely … continue reading →
Each Thursday night this summer, the garden of Florence’s magnificent Moorish-style synagogue is being transformed in the Balagan Cafe — a varied program of cultural events, schmoozing, and kosher food & drink, that has been drawing hundreds of people each … continue reading →
