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Jewish cemetery clean-ups 2026 – Round-up #1. Nearly 60 actions in 14 countries.

Each year we post several roundups of Jewish cemetery cleanups in countries all over Europe. In these round-ups, we show how hundreds of volunteers and others clean, restore, and maintain Jewish cemeteries around Europe — actions that are generally ignored … continue reading →

Romania new update: The restoration of the synagogue in Seini is proceeding apace. It will become a concert hall and Jewish museum.

The restoration of the synagogue building in Seini, in northwest Romania, is proceeding. As we posted in 2023, the €2.4 million project will transform the long-disused building complex into a Museum of the Jews of Transylvania, concert hall, and cultural … continue reading →

Hanukkah 2025 — Celebrating the Festival of Light, with images of Light…May Light help us find our way, and peace and beauty prevail!

A Hanukkah menorah in the synagogue in Mondovi, Italy

We wish all our readers a Happy Hanukkah! In these difficult times, and  in the wake of the horror in Sydney,  the spirit of Light is needed even more than ever — so, as we’ve done in the past, we … continue reading →

Kristallnacht anniversary 2025: countering destruction with images of wonderful surviving — and restored — synagogues

Tje ark, topped by a crown. Restored synagogue in Budyně nad Ohří, Czech Republic

The  night of November 9-10 marks the 87th anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — Reichspogromnacht — in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish places of worship all over Germany and German-occupied … continue reading →