Last June, the POLIN museum in Warsaw was the site of a wide-ranging conference on Jewish heritage in Europe: Jewish Cultural Heritage — Projects, Methods, Inspirations. There were so many presentations that most were scheduled in parallel sessions, making … continue reading →
News has come of the death of Yaffa Eliach, 79, the scholar who — as the New York Times put it survived the Nazi massacres of Jews in her Lithuanian town, and went on to document their daily life … continue reading →
Much goes on in Poland regarding Jewish built heritage. Here are a few selected items of recent news we find of particular interest — as reported in the news section of the Virtual Shtetl web site. Permanent Jewish … continue reading →
Next Sunday marks the annual European Day of Jewish Culture — a continent-wide celebration that encompasses a wide variety of events in more than two dozen countries. This year the unifying general theme is “Jewish Languages.” The EDJC has … continue reading →
The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews has launched a new smartphone and tablet travel app for Jewish Warsaw. It is available on both IOS and Android platforms. The app, called “Warsaw, Varshe” — referring to the Yiddish … continue reading →
