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 →
Journalists were taken on a tour Feb. 5 to see the progress of the installation of the core exhibit of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, which will have its grand opening on October 28. … continue reading →
The more than century-old former synagogue in Grybów, southern Poland, has been hit by fire some five times since Christmas, with the latest episode Feb. 2, the local news portal Sadeczanin.info reports, summarized by Virtual Shtetl, reports. Firefighters responded each time and believe … continue reading →
The historically important but largely destroyed Jewish cemetery in Słubice, Poland — on the border with Germany outside the German town of Frankfurt an der Oder — has been placed on the provincial historic monuments register, according to reports … continue reading →
