Budapest, Hungary. The Dohany Street Synagogue restored. Photo: Samuel D. Gruber, 2005. Budapest, Hungary. Before and after pictures of the Dohany facade.
Photos: Samuel D. Gruber 1989 and 2005.
Europe: Anniversaries of Budapest and Sofia Synagogues CelebratedRuth Ellen Gruber has written for the JTA about the Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest and the Great Synagogue in Sofia on the occasion of gala celebrations of their respective anniversaries. The Dohany Street Synagogue celebrates its 150th birthday, and the Great synagogue in Sofia is 100 years old. Rudolph Klein, who recently published a new book about the Dohany has supplied photos of the ceremony.
Click here for Ruth's blog and Klein's and pictures.
Here are some additional pictures from from my archive taken in July 1991 when the restoration was just getting underway.
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