From Little Jerusalem to the Lost Mural: Preserving Jewish and Immigrant Heritage

In 1885 a group of Lithuanian immigrants settled in Burlingtons Old North End where they transplanted their religious traditions and culture. Archivists Aaron Goldberg and Jeff Potash describe the Lost Mural a rare survivor of the lost genre of European painted synagogues and tell the story of conserving the mural in Burlington. Aaron Goldberg and Jeff Potash are long-time archivists at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue in Burlington co-directors of the Lost Mural Project and contributing archivists to the VT PBS production: Little Jerusalem Burlingtons Je...

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