Synagogues become nightclubs in Eastern Europe | Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Synagogues become nightclubs in Eastern Europe | Jewish Telegraphic Agency: TRNAVA, Slovakia (JTA) — Growing up, Robert Sajtlava remembers playing near what used to be his native city’s Orthodox Synagogue. A rectangular structure with a deceptively unimpressive facade, its ornate ceiling and interior walls suffered extensive damage from the precipitation leaking through the roof and, occasionally, by trespassers who came through the rickety fence. “It...