Poland – The Museum of the History of Polish Jews based in Warsaw has been in middle of a project to reconstruct the ceiling of the renowned Ukranian Gwozdziec synagogue in the town of Sanok, southeastern Poland.
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The synagogue, built between 1700 and 1731, was a largely wooden structure with an ornately carved and decorated cupola ceiling, resplendent with Hebrew inscriptions and intricately painted images of the zodiacs, animals and vegetation. It was destroyed, along with approximately 200 other wooden synagogues, during the German occupation of Poland in World War II.
An international team of professional volunteers have been painting details to reconstructed the 18th century synagogue roof.
The roof will be a key exhibit in the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which is due to open in 2014. The original synagogue was destroyed during World War II.
This tip of the iceberg shows just what was lost in Poland due to the german swine.
Someone really wants Jewish tourism income.
When i visited Poland, boys on bicycles followed our bus sticking up their middle finger to Jewish tourists. but I took some satisfaction from davening in the restored shul in Tykocin/T iktin. I knew that I was at least the 4th generation of my family to daven their. As the midrash quotes Yaakov Avinu: shall I pass by the place where my ancestors davened and not daven too?
My mother was from Sanok/Sunik and I would love to see that shul.