An appeal has been launched to save the historic synagogue in Nowy Korczyn, Poland. The classicist building, dating from 1659 (and rebuilt in 1724), has deteriorated rapidly in recent years and is in serious danger of collapse. Among other things, … Continue reading
Plans have been announced for a small new Jewish museum to be installed in the ceremonial hall of the Jewish cemetery in Acqui Terme, an ancient spa town in Italy’s northwestern Piedmont region. Few details have been made public, but … 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
Maceva, an NGO that cleans and documents and educates about Jewish cemeteries in Lithuania, has published its Spring/Summer 2012 Newsletter, with updates on its activities over the past few months. There are reports about clean-up and documentation activities in … Continue reading
The human remains of a prestigious British Jewish dynasty, the Brights of Sheffield, risk being dug up after their graves have been levelled by a bulldozer, the Jewish Chronicle reports. The family mausolea are in what is (or was) a private Jewish … Continue reading
The World program on Public Radio International runs a piece on the trip to Belarus and elsewhere in Eastern Europe organized for a small group of students by the Yiddishkayt organization in Los Angeles, via its Helix project. Reports Nina … Continue reading
One of Britain’s oldest working synagogues will open to the public next month, as part of a combination European Day of Jewish Culture and England Heritage Open Days. The Birmingham Mail states: Birmingham’s Singers Hill Synagogue, founded 156 years … Continue reading
After the recent dedication of the restored synagogue in Radauti, Romania, news comes that the synagogue in Buhusi, which dates from the mid-19th century and has impressive wall paintings, also has recently been restored with funding from what was described … Continue reading
A video posted to YouTube last week shows construction of a new shopping center next to the Jakub Glanzer synagogue on Vulgina street in L’viv, Ukraine. The construction has prompted criticism from Jewish organizations and even flash-mob protests. See our … Continue reading
According to the news web site wz.lviv.ua and other media, archeological work and on-site research will begin in September to prepare the way to implement the planned “Synagogue Square” memorial in the empty space in the old inner city Jewish … Continue reading
