Bulgaria News » Vidin News Bulgaria » Vidin » Culture: A dilapidated Bulgarian synagogue will become a cultural center — and lifeline for a dwindling community
News channel or source: https://www.jta.org/2021/08/06/global/a-dilapidated-bulgarian-synagogue-will-become-a-cultural-center-and-lifeline-for-a-dwindling-community
Published on: Friday 06 August 2021
There are about a dozen Jews left in Vidin, where an old synagogue used to stand as a majestic monument. VIDIN, Bulgaria (JTA) — For 40 years, the central synagogue in this port city has resembled the ...
News Bulgaria » Vidin » Culture: Bulgaria to Revive Vidin’s Abandoned Synagogue
News channel or source: https://balkaninsight.com/2019/05/23/bulgaria-to-revive-vidins-abandoned-synagogue/
Published on: Thursday 23 May 2019
Bulgaria’s abandoned Vidin synagogue will be reconstructed and turned into a cultural centre with an investment of almost 5 million euros from the EU. The late 19th-century synagogue in the ...
News Bulgaria » Vidin » Culture: ‘Where Did Everyone Go?’ The Sad, Slow Emptying of Bulgaria’s Vidin
News channel or source: https://balkaninsight.com/2020/02/26/where-did-everyone-go-the-sad-slow-emptying-of-bulgarias-vidin/fellowship/
Published on: Tuesday 25 February 2020
How the world capital of population decline gained its title and lost its youth. An exodus of working-age Bulgarians has left north-western towns, such as Belogradchik, to the elderly. The Fellowship ...