Good news from Slovakia. Work is progressing on the restoration of the modernist Neolog synagogue in Zilina as part of a project that will transform it into a cultural space. In January, at a ceremony in Munich, the restoration project … continue reading →
At least four big Jewish culture festivals are on in Europe this week and next — in Warsaw; Budapest; Pula, Croatia, and Italy’s Puglia (Apulia) region — ahead and after the “really big” one — the European Day of … continue reading →
The world’s newest Jewish museum — the museum of the Jewish community of Bratislava — opened in the women’s gallery of the city’s sole remaining synagogue (at Heydukova 11-13) on Sunday, June 17. JHE coordinater Ruth Ellen Gruber … continue reading →
Vandals have toppled or otherwise damaged 55 tombstones in the old Orthodox section of the Jewish cemetery in Kosice, Slovakia. The damage — amounting to 50,000 euro — was discovered on Monday afternoon. An article in the online publication … continue reading →
The local Leustach civic association has organized a clean-up operation for the abandoned and overgrown 18th century Jewish cemetery in the village of Janikovce, a few kilometers from Nitra, Slovakia. Leustach organized two days of clean-up work, March 31 … continue reading →
