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The Lost Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe

Narrated by Theodore Bikel

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 video 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 video to be included in a home video library, it is worth showing to genealogical and general Jewish interest groups.

Run time  48 minutes.                   $25.00


 

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