Reversal in Vilnius follows highly publicized 10-year battle; activists issue two reports with cultural preservation strategies to avoid similar problems in the future

Guide price for work of LS Lowry of Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue was £180,000; Jewish Heritage Foundation hopes to contact purchaser about plans for building

More than half sites in Syria also in terrible condition or worse; neglect and redevelopment blamed, after repression and emigration decimated Jewish life in the 2 countries

Organization urges its 47 member states to consider genocide’s effects on their Jewish populations when deciding policies on current, former places of worship

Auction for dilapidated 19th century building in village of Porazava draws zero bids in two months