Something may be moving — or about to move — in efforts to restore the derelict synagogue in Grybów, southern Poland. On a visit to the town this week, the Israeli ambassador to Poland, Zvi Rav-ner, examined the ruined building … continue reading →
The 17th century synagogue in the village of Tykocin, in northeast Poland, was one of the few former synagogue buildings in Poland to be restored after the Holocaust for a cultural use that retained a cultural, if not religious, … continue reading →
Krzysztof Bielawski of Virtual Shtetl reports that three former synagogues in southern Poland — in Grybów, Bobowa and Józefów Biłgorajski — have received financial support from regional authorities toward their restoration and refurbishment. The sums are not huge, but they help. … continue reading →
Mazel Tov to the Polish intellectual and activist Krzysztof Czyszewski, the founder and director of the Borderland Foundation (Fundacja Pogranicze) in Sejny, Poland, who has received one of this year’s Dan David prizes. Czyzewski, writes the Jerusalem Post, citing the … continue reading →
The Municipal Museum in Gliwice, Poland is seeking old photographs of the Ceremonial Hall of the Jewish cemetery there. The neo-Gothic red-brick building is under development as a branch of the museum that will house a permanent exhibition on Jewish history … continue reading →
