The summer workshops around Poland to reconstruct the intricate painted murals on the replicated ceiling of the 17th-century Gwozdziec synagogue have gotten under way! The workshops are taking place in five synagogues (active and non) around Poland: Gdansk, Sejny, … Continue reading
Los Angeles native Marla Raucher Osborn has been researching her family history in Rohatyn, now in western Ukraine, for a number of years. She made her first visit there in 2008 and returned almost a dozen times in 2011 while … Continue reading
Plans for a multimillion dollar expansion of the Irish Jewish Museum were laid out at an event at the Irish Consulate in New York on May 22, hosted by the former Lord Mayor of Dublin Ben Briscoe and the Friends … Continue reading
Mazel tov! The synagogue in Plymouth, England has celebrated its 250th birthday. Founded in 1762, it is the oldest functioning Ashkenazic synagogue in the English-speaking world. Writes the London Jewish Chronicle: Its special anniversary celebrations on Sunday marked the community’s … Continue reading
The Times of London reports that the 90-year-old Golders Green United Synagogue in London has secured £1 million towards wide-ranging restoration work of the red brick, Grade II listed building. Some of the funding, reports The Times, will come from … Continue reading
Plans are going ahead for complete surveys of Jewish cemeteries in Silesia, reports Lo Tishkach in its May 2012 newsletter. A full list of burial sites according to district has already been drawn up and standardised Lo Tishkach mass grave … Continue reading
Good news from Austria. The Jewish cemetery in Klagenfurt, in southern Austria, as been restored by the city after decades of neglect. According to the Austrian Independent web site: Among other renovations the entry door and memorial plaques have … Continue reading
A local news portal in Serbia has run a lengthy article about the abandoned Jewish cemetery in the town of Jasa Tomic. It is written in Serbian, but google translate gives you the gist of how the writer of … Continue reading
Judaica Europeana – an international network of museums, libraries and archives that was launched in 2010 – announces that in its first two years it uploaded 3.7 million digital objects to Europeana.eu, Europe’s cultural heritage portal and digital services platform. … Continue reading
Dr. Sharman Kadish, head of Jewish Heritage UK, has weighed in on the debate in the UK over the possibility that the Value Added Tax exemption for restoring historic buildings may be cancelled. The Jewish Chronicle in London reports … Continue reading
