An 18th century Jewish cemetery in Cornwall joins churches, a mosque, Canterbury Cathedral, and Stonehenge on Historic England’s list of Top 10 Places of Faith and Belief. The Top Ten were chosen by the Faith & Belief category judge, The … continue reading →
Spring is here (sort of) — and travel season approaches….We try to keep track of the growing list of Jewish travel and tourism apps… here are two more: for Edinburgh, Scotland and for the Czech Republic. (Click the category in … continue reading →
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] An important new resource on European synagogues is now online. It’s a web site — historicsynagogueseurope.org — that includes an interactive survey map of more than 3,000 synagogues in 48 countries, with … continue reading →
Britain’s United Synagogue (US) has been awarded a £1.7 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to open the Willesden Jewish Cemetery to the public as the “House of Life” place of heritage. The award, announced on Wednesday, … continue reading →
The 16-acre extension of United Synagogue’s cemetery in Bushey, northwest of London in the city’s surrounding Green Belt, won a prestigious architecture prize in November 2017, the award for best completed religious building presented at the World Architecture Festival. … continue reading →
