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ISJM Presents Program at Chicago Loop Synagogue
In December 19, 2021, ISJM in cooperation with the Chicago Loop Synagogue hosted a program about synagogue stained glass. The morning event helped kick off the annual meeting of the … Read More
ISJM Urges Jewish Studies Scholars to Sign Letter to Safeguard Historic Hartford Mortuary Chapel
ISJM has been following the situation in Hartford this year, where the congregation of the venerable Temple Israel, located in West Hartford since the 1930s, has been pushing plans to … Read More
New Book on Jacob Landau’s Stunning Stained Glass Windows “The Prophetic Quest”
Herrstrom, David S. and Scrimgeour, Andrew D. The Prophetic Quest: The Stained Glass Windows of Jacob Landau, Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University … Read More
New Holocaust memorial in Gorlice, Poland uses rescued matzevot — with translation of their epitaphs
Jewish Heritage Europe reports on that dramatic new Holocaust / Cemetery memorial in Gorlice, Poland: (JHE) — A prominent new Holocaust memorial in Gorlice, in southern Poland, is a pavilion-like … Read More
Estonia Announces Plans to Develop Tallinn Old Jewish Cemetery as Memorial Park
From Jewish Heritage Europe: Estonia Update: €400,000 allocated for development of Tallinn’s Old Jewish Cemetery as memorial site and park (JHE) — City authorities in Tallinn are allocating €400,000 for … Read More
New and Continuing Efforts to Preserve Jewish Sites in Izmir
Jewish-Heritage-Europe.eu provides an update on the continuing efforts to to protect and preserve the many former synagogues of Izmir, Turkey. These efforts have been ongoing for many years but are … Read More
Death of Maria Piechotka in Warsaw at Age 100
She was co-author of Wooden Synagogues and many other important works on Polish Jewish art and architecture. From ISJM president Sam Gruber: I am very sad to learn of the … Read More
Lithuania: archaeologists uncover pre-WW2 shulhoyf in Pakruojis near recently restored wooden synagogue
(JHE) — Archaeologists in recent months discovered elements of the destroyed pre-World War II synagogue complex in Pakruojis, Lithuania, that once had three synagogues anchored by the surviving wooden synagogue … Read More
ISJM President Samuel Gruber to Speak About Synagogue Architecture
Architectural historian and ISJM president Dr. Sam Gruber will give three Zoom lectures about synagogue architecture in October for the Community Scholar Program of Orange County (CA). The lectures are … Read More
Temple Freda in Bryan, Texas (1913) to Be Restored
When the cornerstone of Temple Freda in Bryan, Texas was laid in 1913, the local newspaper wrote: “the synagogue is a neat little brick structure, modern in design, and when … Read More