In January 1997, the Circle of Friends of the New Synagogue was founded in Wuppertal, a citizens’ initiative that advocated a new building with a community center for the Bergische region. The Protestant regional church supported the project by donating a plot of land near the site of the former Barmer synagogue. On December 2, […]
The opening and ceremonial inauguration of the Elie Wiesel Museum
The Museum was inaugurated in 2002 to honor the life and activity of Elie Wiesel, as well as the memory of more than 40,000 Jews who lived in the region before the Second World War. Elie Wiesel was born in Sighetu Marmației on September 30, 1928. He was fifteen when he was deported with his […]
Holocaust Fund of the Jews of Macedonia
The Jewish roots in North Macedonia are ancient. One of the oldest known synagogues outside the Land of Israel is in the ancient city Stobi, dating back to the first century AD. This means that the Jews have been present in these territories since more than two millennia. The demographic structure of the Jews in […]