Jewish Heritage Europe

Poland update: The recent renovation of the former Kaukaska synagogue in Krynki nominated for an award

The recently completed renovation of the 19th century former Kaukaska Synagogue in the eastern Polish town of Krynki has been nominated for an architectural prize. The synagogue, listed as a monument, dates from around 1850 — and owes its name to … continue reading →

UK: Grants awarded for Brighton’s Middle Street Synagogue project and a project about Jewish history and the Moses Montefiore synagogue in Grimsby

Two projects aimed as preserving and valorizing Jewish history and heritage and in two seacoast cities — Brighton, on the English Channel and Grimsby, on the North Sea — have received National Lottery Heritage funded grants. One is the ongoing … continue reading →

Hanukkah 2025 — Celebrating the Festival of Light, with images of Light…May Light help us find our way, and peace and beauty prevail!

A Hanukkah menorah in the synagogue in Mondovi, Italy

We wish all our readers a Happy Hanukkah! In these difficult times, and  in the wake of the horror in Sydney,  the spirit of Light is needed even more than ever — so, as we’ve done in the past, we … continue reading →

Poland-Slovakia: Work to go ahead of EU-funded project to restore the synagogues in Czarny Dunajec, Poland and Trstená, Slovakia, after a tense vote by the Czary Dunajec municipal council

Thanks to a tense but positive vote this week by the municipal council of Czarny Dunajec in southern Poland, work will proceed on the restoration project for the town’s long disused former synagogue. The joint project to restore both it … continue reading →