The long-derelict Fabric Synagogue — designed by Lipot Baumhorn — and other Jewish heritage in Timisoara, Romania are on the 2022 World Monuments Watch: a list compiled by the World Monuments Fund of 25 heritage sites around the world deemed … continue reading →
The city administration of Gherla is taking over the management of the town’s long derelict synagogue, in order to restore it as a cultural venue. According to local news reports, the city will administer the synagogue for 25 years, under an … continue reading →
(JHE) — January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, is marked in many countries as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is an occasion for commemorative ceremonies, educational programs, and other initiatives. Monuments and memorials are also … continue reading →
Monday marks Tu B’Shevat — the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, which is known as “the New Year for Trees.” It is the time of year when the earliest-blooming trees in the land of Israel start to flower. It is the … continue reading →
Between May and October 2021, we published four Jewish cemetery clean-up round-ups, in which we listed around 270 initiatives in 18 countries and more than 150 towns, cities, and villages. In these round-ups, we showed how hundreds of volunteers and others … continue reading →
