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The JHE Newsletter for November is out — catch up on what you might have missed

The November edition of our JHE Newsletter is out — catch up with what you might have missed over the past few weeks. News, views, and insights from Poland, the UK, Croatia, Russia, Slovakia, France, Italy, Romania, Ukraine, Germany, and … continue reading →

Poland: Modest grants from the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute in Poland aid Jewish heritage projects

Mazel tov to the 13 projects that have been awarded modest grants from the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute in Poland. Several of them will support Jewish built heritage projects around the country. The winners were chosen from 35 … continue reading →

Jewish Cemetery Clean-up Initiatives 2024 — Round-up #3. Dozens of actions in more than a dozen countries

Ongoing restoration work at the Okopowa jewish cemetery Warsaw

At the beginning of May and at the beginning of August  we published our first and second round-ups for 2024, showcasing some of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives taking place this spring and summer in various European countries.  Here’s a … continue reading →

Poland: Mazel tov to Prof. Marcin Wodziński, recipient of a prestigious Foundation for Polish Science Award for 2024

Marcin Wodziński at the old Jewish cemetery in Wroclaw, now run as a museum of funerary art

Mazel tov to JHE friend Prof. Marcin Wodziński, recipient of a prestigious 2024 Foundation for Polish Science  (FNP) Award, considered the most important scientific distinction in Poland. Wodziński, who heads the Taube Department of Jewish Studies at the University of … continue reading →

Poland: POLIN awards 2024, presented by the POLIN Museum in Warsaw – Mazel tov to winners Ewa Teleżyńska-Sawicka and Paweł Sawicki, and to the Honorable Mentions and Special Awards grantees.

Mazel tov to Ewa Teleżyńska-Sawicka and Paweł Sawicki, who have won the 2024 POLIN award, granted annually by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw to people “actively working to protect the memory of the history … continue reading →