Jewish Heritage Europe

New Directors at the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy

The International Institute for Jewish Genealogy (IIJG) has announced that its Founding Director, Dr. Neville Lamdan, has retired from his position after seven years in the job. In his place, the IIJG Executive Committee decided to create the new positions … continue reading →

Shtetl “living skansen” being built in Bilgoraj, Poland

  A housing estate in Bilgoraj, in southeast Poland, is being constructed as something of a living “shtetl skansen” — or open air shtetl museum, according to a local newspaper. In an article reposted on Virtual Shtetl, Gazetz Wyborcza’s Lublin … continue reading →

Ulanow, Poland update

  In June 2012, Marla Raucher Osborn recounted how a local man, an avid collector and local historian named Janusz Dąbek, had created a small but impressive museum with a Jewish permanent exhibition in Ulanów, a small town in southeastern Poland between Zamosc and … continue reading →