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Until 1944 the Lendava Synagogue served as religious centre for Jewish people from the Prekmurje region. It had room for about 150 worshippers, next to the synagogue there was a Jewish school and a residence for the rabbi. The former school was demolished in the end of the 1990s. In the nearby Dolga vas one can still visit a Jewish burial ground, the only one preserved in the region. | Until 1944 the Lendava Synagogue served as religious centre for Jewish people from the Prekmurje region. It had room for about 150 worshippers, next to the synagogue there was a Jewish school and a residence for the rabbi. The former school was demolished in the end of the 1990s. In the nearby Dolga vas one can still visit a Jewish burial ground, the only one preserved in the region. | ||
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Revision as of 23:34, 3 December 2018
Venue
Today the cultural and art programme in the Lendava Synagogue is managed by the Lendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum. It serves as a venue for concerts and exhibitions, current exhibition is devoted to the history of Jewish people in the Lendava region. In 2009 on the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel, the Lendava Synagogue hosted a photographic exhibition by David Rubinger. So far, the synagogue has also hosted many traditional, jazz and klezmer musicians.
Slovenian Holocaust Museum
Since 2013 the synagogue has featured also a permanent display on the history of Jews from the Prekmurje region, combined with temporary thematic exhibitions, focused on personal memorabilia and the impact of particular families on the development of the town of Lendava.
See also
- Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor
- Lendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum
- Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana
External links
- Lendava Synagogue website (in Slovenian)
- Lendava Synagogue on Wikipedia
- Lendava Synagogue on Sl.wikipedia.org