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VIDIN, Bulgaria (JTA) — For 40 years, the central synagogue in this port city has resembled the town’s Jewish population — barely existent and rapidly aging. The synagogue, which was built in the 19th ...
News Bulgaria » Vidin » History: Bulgaria to Revive Vidin’s Abandoned Synagogue
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 » History: ‘Where Did Everyone Go?’ The Sad, Slow Emptying of Bulgaria’s Vidin
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 ...
News Bulgaria » Vidin » History: A dilapidated Bulgarian synagogue will become a cultural center — and lifeline for a dwindling community
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 » History: Bulgarian synagogue will become a cultural center and lifeline for a dwindling community
(JTA) For 40 years, the central synagogue in the port city of Vidin, Bulgaria has resembled the town’s Jewish population — barely existent and rapidly aging. The synagogue, which was built in the 19th ...