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Before
the
Holocaust, more than one thousand wooden synagogues existed in the
shtetls of Eastern Europe. Many had stood for centuries, testaments to
the craftsmanship and faith of the Jewish communities of the region.
For decades, the world believed that these structures were all lost.
Then, a few years ago, a team from Hebrew University in Jerusalem
discovered six of these structures in Lithuania.
Albert
Barry travelled to Lithuania and Latvia with a film crew to
document these few remaining examples. While he was there, he found
four more synagogues. The documentary also includes photos of many of
the
famous wooden synagogues of the past and file footage of Jewish life
before the Holocaust. In additional to being an interesting
documentary to be
included in a home library, it is worth showing to
genealogical
and general Jewish interest groups.
Run time 48 minutes. $25.00
Available on CD or video tape
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