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Din l-Art Helwa has expressed concern about two circulars issued recently the Planning Authority, worried that its intentions may have unintended consequences for height limitations currently established through Local Plans. This was expressed as a resolution approved by the AGM of the heritage N

The Jewish Foundation of Malta has presented plans for the extension of the Jewish cemetery in Marsa on an adjacent disused plot of land

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Different variations of the project were proposed over the years

The world-famous Anne Frank exhibition Let Me Be Myself. The Life Story of Anne Frank has made it to Malta.  Organised locally by the Tayar Foundation for

When a young Jewish man from Malta's tiny community was in search of a Jewish wife, he looked to Jerusalem. In no time at all, she was running the show

The Jewish community has launched a crowdfunding campaign for $50,000 (€43,340) to rehabilitate three historic cemeteries which have fallen into disrepair.

The Addolorata Cemetery  photography by Charles Paul Azzopardi, Midsea Books, 2020 The Addolorata Cemetery must be our most visible cemetery. Nobody who drives in the roads that lead to the ‘south’ of the island can fail to see Emmanuele Luigi Galizia’s iconic neo-Gothic church proudly towering over what is for us a rare stretch of mature trees and greenery. In spite of its sombre atmosphere, the whole enclave is a magnificent architectural achieve­ment, not overlooking the scores of ar...