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More than 3,000 synagogues dot Europe’s countryside and cities. Many are abandoned. The Jews who used them were murdered or emigrated. Some lie in ruins; others have been transformed into cafés, sports halls, shops, and even a saloon, in one case.
Yet, the solution is not to rebuild and reconstruct every ruin, according to a panel of experts assembled for the European Union for Progressive Judaism’s latest webinar.
As I write this blog post, we’re halfway through Hanukkah and the darkness remains.
The major cause for all the gloom is Covid-19 and the havoc it’s caused around the world. As ever, the most vulnerable and least secure have been hit the hardest by the crisis. That’s certainly the case for Palestinians living on the West Bank and in Gaza. The Palestinian economy has taken a battering, according to the latest report by the World Bank, while in Gaza the health infrastructure (already weak) is at breaking point with infection rates amongst the highest in the world.