A small private Jewish museum and education space has opened in Białystok, in eastern Poland. Called “Miejsce” — The Place — it is a project spearheaded by the longtime, tireless Jewish heritage researcher and activist Tomasz Wiśniewski. It grew out … continue reading →
The JHE monthly Newsletter for May is out — catch up with what you may have missed over the past few weeks. In this edition, info from Lithuania, Italy, the UK, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Romania, Ukraine, and more. There … continue reading →
The derelict tenement in Łódź that for decades after World War II housed the offices of the local Jewish community, the apartment of the postwar rabbi, and a synagogue has been demolished. The premises, at Zachodnia 78, were abandoned and all … continue reading →
Ryszard Bielawski, a Polish zoologist who had a passion for creating YouTube videos of Jewish cemeteries and other Jewish heritage sites, has died at the age of 92. Bielawski, who has been described as “probably the first and oldest YouTuber … continue reading →
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of the sociologist and historian Pawel Śpiewak, the former director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw (JHI), who passed away March 30 at the age of 71. Spiewak, who was … continue reading →
