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Poland: Mazel tov to Paweł Kulig, winner of the 2020 POLIN award — and to the runners up. Kulig cares for the vast Jewish cemetery and other Jewish heritage in Łódź

Mazel to to Paweł Kulig who has received the 2020 POLIN Award presented by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw! It was the sixth edition of the award.  The Awards, which include a sculpture as … continue reading →

Poland: Maria Piechotka, influential pioneer of research on synagogue architecture, dies — at 100 — in Warsaw

(JHE) — The Jewish heritage world has lost a giant — Maria Piechotka, a pioneer in the study of synagogue architecture in Poland and mentor to generations, has died in Warsaw, just months after her 100th birthday. May her soul … continue reading →

Poland: Galicia Jewish Museum mobile app showcases Photographs from Jewish Poland, from the 19th century to the present

Holocaust Museum signage in Budapest, 2023

(JHE) — Krakow’s Galicia Jewish Museum has launched a mobile app that uses historic and contemporary photographs to tell the story of Polish Jews and their environments from the late 19th century to the present. Called Photographs from Jewish Poland, … continue reading →

Germany: Frankfurt Jewish Museum reopens with new core exhibition, new interactive features, new Frank family center,new building annex and more

(JHE) — After five years of closure for revamp and reconstruction, the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt has reopened  — with a totally new core exhibit, new interactive and other features that include an archival exhibit on the Frankfurt roots of … continue reading →

Poland update: Polychrome wall paintings in Włodawa Beit Midrash to be restored w/ EU grant. Culmination of fullscale revitalization of historic 3-synagogue complex, now a museum

(JHE) — The polychrome wall paintings in the Beit Midrash of the historic synagogue complex in Włodawa, Poland will be restored in a two-year,  €1.2 million operation mostly funded by the EU. The restoration will be the culmination of a … continue reading →