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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

Sam Gruber’s lectures on the “Lost Shul Mural”

  Dr. Samuel D. Gruber spoke in Burlington, Vermont on Nov. 9 and 10 about the town’s “Lost Shul Mural” — a complex, brightly color mural, painted in 1910 by the Lithuanian immigrant Ben Zion Black, that once adorned the … continue reading →

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 →

Fate of ruined synagogue in Constanța, Romania, in balance

  The Romanian news site Info Sud-Est runs a strongly worded article on the disastrous condition of the Ashkenazic Great Synagogue in the Romanian port of Constanța, including a sharp indictment of  local officials and popular opinion that have allowed … continue reading →

Restoration of funeral house at Jewish cemetery in Moinesti, Romania

We are happy to share the link on the LEOLAM Jewish Heritage Foundation blog to a series of pictures documenting the inauguration Sept. 25, 2013 of the restored funeral house at the entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Moinesti, Romania. Renovation … continue reading →