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Tallinn, Estonia — Travel Piece in Hadassah Magazine

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October 27, 2012

I've never been to Tallinn, but by all accounts it is a beautiful city. ” target=”_blank”>http://www.jewishphotolibrary.com/

In his Tallinn piece, Jono writes: “Many of the Jewish remnants of the past have few or no markers. During much of the Soviet era, the community maintained a prayer house at 9 Magdalena Street, not far from Old Town. Originally a warehouse, the extant building is in a derelict state. A prayer room at 23 Kreutzwaldi Street preceded it between 1946 and 1966, but it was demolished to make room for a hotel.”

But he provides information on what there is still to see and describes ” target=”_blank”>Estonia pages of the Jewish Heritage Europe web site.

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