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Poland — another synagogue restoration wins award
By Ruth Ellen Gruber The restoration of the synagogue in Ostrow Wielkopolski has won the “Facade of the Year” award for historic building preservation. This is the second announcement this month of a...
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England — Clean-up of Jewish Cemetery in Liverpool
Photo: http://www.deaneroadcemetery.com/photos.htm By Ruth Ellen Gruber I thought I’d add a report from Liverpool, England about the start of a huge clean-up operation at the historic but derelict...
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Poland — Concern over preservation of “forgotten” Holocaust sites
Gate at Auschwitz. Photo (c) Ruth Ellen Gruber By Ruth Ellen Gruber A fund-raising campaign for preservation of the infrastructure at Auschwitz has been achieving success. But focusing resources and...
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Poland — Restoration Work Completed on pre-war Private Synagogue in Bedzin
By Ruth Ellen Gruber Restoration work has been completed on a richly decorated private Jewish prayer room in Bedzin, in southern Poland. The so-called Mizrachi synagogue, believed to date from the...
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Netherlands — In Amsterdam, the Dutch Queen attends reopening of the...
By Ruth Ellen Gruber Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands attended the dedication ceremony in Amsterdam Dec. 20 of the Portuguese Synagogue — or “Esnoga” — which was reopened after renovation. She also...
View ArticleJewish Cemetery Rescued in Slovakia
By Ruth Ellen Gruber Bravo to the local Leustach civic association for organizing a clean up operation for the long-abandoned and overgrown 18th century Jewish cemetery in the village of Janikovce,...
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Czech 10 Stars Project
Interior of the synagogue in Mikulov, one of the 10 Stars sites, which is undergoing restructuring as part of the project. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber By Ruth Ellen Gruber This also appears on my En...
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Hidden gravestones unearthed at Vienna’s oldest preserved Jewish cemetery
Samson Wertheimer’s tomb — it’s actually a mausoleum, and this is one end. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber By Ruth Ellen Gruber Three years ago, I posted about Vienna’s oldest preserved Jewish cemetery, the...
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Round-up of Jewish cemetery restoration news in Poland
Volunteers clearing up the Jewish cemetery in Zambrów. Photo courtesy of FODZ By Ruth Ellen Gruber There’s quite a lot going on in Poland regarding the restoration and preservation of Jewish...
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Hotel to open in famed former Polish Yeshiva building
Entry of former Yeshiva building, showing Hotel Ilan sign as well as sign noting its former identity. Photo: Hotel Ilan/Jewish Community Warsaw By Ruth Ellen Gruber Care to spend the night in the...
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