According to a report (including video) on Moldovan TV, fire — possibly due to arson — has damaged what had been the already gaping ruins of an early 20th century synagogue, located on Rabbi Tirelson street. The fire was … Continue reading
Historian and journalist Marian Turski, Chairman of the Council for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, has been awarded the French National Order of the Legion of Honor. Turski, 86, survived the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz and … Continue reading
MACEVA, the non-profit organization founded by Lithuanian psychologist Aleksandr Avramenko and Lithuanian author Sergey Kanovich, has announced that it is digitizing, reconstructing and cleaning three more abandonded Jewish cemetery sites in Lithuania: the cemeteries in Pabrade, Dieveniskes and Utena. … Continue reading
A restoration project at the 17th Century Portuguese Synagogue Complex in Amsterdam has been awarded the European Union’s Europa Nostra prize for conservation. From the Europa Nostra web site: “Thanks to the restoration work, the Portuguese Synagogue is now … Continue reading
A well-preserved mikvah pool has been discovered in Zamosc, Poland. According an article in Gazeta newspaper and quoted by Virtual Shtetl, it was discovered in the basement of the former late 19th-century Jewish bath house, during renovation work on … Continue reading
The German foundation Action Reconciliation (Aktion Sühnezeichen) summer camp programs to — among other things – restore Jewish cemeteries in several countries will soon begin accepting volunteers. You can download a PDF of the Summer Camp Program HERE. … Continue reading
The Lithuania Jewish Cemetery Project has completed the full digitalization of the Pabrades Jewish Cemetery. Photographs, epitaphs, inscriptions, translations, even a video — all now online. Mazel tov!
The Jewish cemetery in Wysokie Mazowieckie, near Bialystok in northeastern Poland, was vandalized the night of March 18. Monika Krawczyk, the CEO of FODZ, the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, reports that police are investigating … Continue reading
The modernist masterpiece Villa Tugendhat, in Brno, has reopened to the public after a two-year restoration project. There was a ceremonial event on Feb. 29 and then the building, which is classed by UNESCO as a world heritage site, … Continue reading
Czech TV will premiere an hour-long version of a new film on the history and legends of Prague’s old Jewish quarter on March 28. The full 90-minute movie with be screened at Prague’s Evald cinema on April 24, 25 … Continue reading
