Photo from Museum web site As we anticipated in an earlier post, the Museum of Mazovian Jews (Muzeum Zydow Mazowieckich) has opened in the restored synagogue in Plock, Poland. It’s inauguration took place Thursday and the Museum is open … continue reading →
The glorious painted replica of the vaulted ceiling of the destroyed synagogue in Gwozdziec has been unveiled in the building of the forthcoming Museum of the History of Polish Jews. The ceiling, constructed over the past year and a half … continue reading →
A web site project documents the traces on doorposts in Poland where mezuzahs were once affixed — and asks people to send in their photos, with location noted. All over Poland (and other countries, of course) many doorposts still bear … continue reading →
A Museum of Jewish history and culture in Poland’s Mazovia region (around Warsaw) is set to open March 15 in the renovated former synagogue there. Here is the news release issued by the Polish news agency PAP in February, … continue reading →
Warsaw’s Brodno Jewish cemetery, founded in the 18th century, has been returned to Jewish ownership. The cemetery has been heavily vandalized over the years, despite some attempts at restoration, notably in the 1980s by the Nissenbaum Foundation. (See the report in … continue reading →
