Several Jewish heritage-related events of interest to our readers are coming up in the next week and a half. You can find information and links in our calendar (or see the Upcoming Events list on our Home Page and … continue reading →
More than 2 million people — a record number — visited the Auschwitz Memorial Museum in 2016. Located at the site of the former Nazi death camp outside the town of Oswiecim in southern Poland, the Memorial Museum … continue reading →
The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) has launched a new database of Warsaw properties aimed at helping Holocaust survivors and their heirs identify their property so they can reactivate their claims before a recent law allows the city to take … continue reading →
In our new Have Your Say op-ed, Steven D. Reece, the president of The Matzevah Foundation, explains why he, a Baptist minister, founded an organization that restores Jewish cemeteries in Poland. The Christian response to this legacy of the … 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 →
