In our first “Have Your Say” personal essay of 2021, cultural activist Emil Majuk describes the new permanent exhibit he curated in the former synagogue of the small town of Wojsławice in southeastern Poland and how past, present, and future … continue reading →
The New Years edition of the Jewish Heritage Europe Newsletter is out! Looking forward to 2021, we look back at our most-shared posts from 2020 and also provide a summary of the news, views, and insights we published over the … continue reading →
Longtime Jewish cemetery researcher Krzysztof Bielawski has published a major new book on the destruction of Jewish cemeteries in Poland before, during, and after WW2 — up until the present day: the majority of the 280-page book deals with the … continue reading →
(JHE) — The former synagogue of Wojsławice, a township in southeastern Poland, was inaugurated in November as a cultural center, with a new permanent exhibit focusing on the township’s pre-WW2 multicultural tradition. A mezuzah was affixed to the entrance as … continue reading →
Mazel to to Paweł Kulig who has received the 2020 POLIN Award presented by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw! It was the sixth edition of the award. The Awards, which include a sculpture as … continue reading →
