Museum tells the story of Romania’s Jews We are in the Jewish
Museum in Bucharest, which is also known as the Museum of the
History of the Jewish Community in Romania. “The story of the
Jews of Romania is only beginning to be told,” says Elena Maxim,
a non-Jewish historian. The museum in Romania is a repository of
a rich culture and history. It’s housed in the ornate three-
storey Tailor’s Synagogue. On the ground floor are displays of
ritual objects – candlesticks, Torah crowns, spice boxes and
seder plates. Some of the Torah ornaments were created in the
Viennese style; others reflect the skill of Jewish silversmiths
and the influence of Romanian folk art. On the second floor (the
first balcony) is a section displaying paintings by 19th- and
20th-century Jewish artists. The museum has walls of photos as
well as a section devoted to the Yiddish Theatre, which was
founded by Abraham Goldfaden in the town of Iasi in 1876 and
soon moved to Bucharest. Amazingly, the State Jewish Theatre
continues today, although