Saving Saranda
Strictly speaking Saranda cannot be saved. When I first came here in September 1993, a year after Albania became a democracy, it was a blissful Ionian seaport. Many of its citizens had left for Greece, so it felt empty, yet…
synagogue
A spectacular synagogue
Excavations in Israel have unearthed a 1,600-year-old synagogue, home to an exceptional set of mosaics.
Oldest surviving synagogue in Wales recorded
This work was deemed particularly important, as the building had been identified as one of the 16 most important synagogues at risk in Europe.
Preserving and presenting heritage
Today, 757 synagogues are deemed to be at risk, which illustrates the scale of the task facing the FJH in its mission to ‘celebrate and honour Europe’s lost Jewish communities’ and rescue these emblematic buildings as ‘powerful places of education’ offering ‘valuable insights into Jewish life and its impact on wider society’.