The Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland organization presents its second annual Distinguished Service Awards to: Piotr Puchta, former CEO of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ) and Natalia Romik — archirect, scholar, activist, museum … continue reading →
The main entry gate and walls of the Bagnówka Jewish cemetery in Białystok have been rebuilt and refurbished, in a project carried out by the city of Białystok in collaboration with the Białystok Cemetery Restoration Fund (BCRF), with input from the … continue reading →
Thanks to a grant of more than 16 million zlotys (around €3,800,000), the city of Konin in central Poland will be able to go ahead with plans to modernize the early 19th century synagogue building and convert it into a … continue reading →
This autumn, around 2,500 fragments of matzevot were extracted from beneath the parking lot of the City Hall in Janów Lubelski, a small town near Lublin in eastern Poland. The Nazi German occupiers had used them to build three underground … continue reading →
After 37 years, Janusz Makuch is stepping down as director of the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival. Taking over will be his longtime deputy, Robert Gądek. “Thirty-seven years after the creation of the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, I have decided … continue reading →
