Society of Friends of the Bet Tfila – Research Unit for Jewish Architecture in Europe e.V.
The goal of the Society of Friends of Bet Tfila, founded in 2003, is to promote the work of the Bet Tfila – Research Unit for Jewish Architecture in Europe with its two locations at the Department of Architectural History in Braunschweig/Germany and the Center for Jewish Art in Jerusalem/Israel. The society supports the Bet Tfila through direct grants and by initiating a non-profit foundation.
This foundation will enable the Research Unit to be financially independent of state subsidies in the future in order to carry out its aims – to document and research the sacred and secular architecture of Jewish communities in Europe.
Board of the society :
Prof. Dr. Jochen Litterst (Braunschweig), 1. Executive Director
Prof. Dr. Aliza Cohen-Mushlin (Jerusalem), 2. Executive Director
Prof. Dr. Harmen H. Thies (Braunschweig), Assessor
Dr. Weert Börner (Bonn), Assessor
Prof. Dr. Ralf Busch (Hamburg), Assessor
Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Knufinke MA (Wolfsburg), Secretary
Dr. Klaus Palandt (Landesbergen), Treasurer
