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| Preserved fragments of the wheel of the Zodiac on the synagogue in Chmielnik, Poland, now restored as a Jewish museum. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber |
By Ruth Ellen Gruber
Happy new year!
I've been woefully neglectful of this blog in recent months....mainly because I have been concentrating a lot of energy on the web site that I coordinate -- www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu.
I post on the JHE newsfeed several times a week, to keep content dynamic on what we aim to make the go-to web site for Jewish heritage issues in Europe. JHE will celebrate two years online next month, and we are planning to expand the enhance the site with new features.
Below are the links to the most recent JHE posts -- I'm sure readers of this blog will find them of interest.
Meanwhile -- please subscribe to the JHE news feed! You can use the subscribe buttons on the home page or on any of the news pages. The deal is that, on days that I post on the JHE news feed, you will receive one email with the links to the posts. Easy, convenient and informative, no?
As befits the change of year and change of seasons, I'm posting some examples of the wheel of the Zodiac, a traditional synagogue decorative device, from synagogues in Poland, Romania and Ukraine.
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| Cycle of the Zodiac in the replica of the ceiling of the wooden synagogue in Gwozdziec, now installed at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber |
Recent JHE posts:
Plans/hopes for synagogue restoration work in Romania in 2014
"Miracle" clean-up and care of Jewish cemetery in Myslowice, Poland
January - calendar of Hasidic pilgrimages in Poland to tombs of Tzaddikim
Happy 2014 -- Gallery of Zodiac paintings from synagogues in Romania, Poland, Ukraine
Irish Jewish Museum gets OK for expansion; NIMBY objections overruled
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| Zodiac on ceiling of Beit Tfila Benjamin synagogue in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber |
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| Zodiac on ceiling of disused synagogue in Siret, Romania. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber |
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