Summertime is here, and even if you can’t make long vacation trips, there’s lots of opportunities for Jewish heritage travel on a local (or regional) level. Here’s a list of some of the Jewish heritage tours & events planned for … continue reading →
Tadeusz Kuźmiński, an entrepreneur who rebuilt a wooden synagogue and created a “living shtetl skansen” without Jews in southeast Poland, has died after a long illness. He was 65. Kuźmiński, who died Saturday, was a businessman and local philanthropist in … continue reading →
With the easing of the Covid-19 restrictions, summer tourism is beginning – even if in a limited way – and in-person guided tours to Jewish heritage sites, such as synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and Jewish quarters have also begun for small … continue reading →
New JHE Have Your Say personal essay COVID-19 quarantine measures forced the closure of Jewish heritage sites and cancelled many volunteer Jewish cemetery clean-up actions. Monika Tarajko, of the Grodzka Gate NN Theatre in Lublin, Poland, often volunteers with such … continue reading →
More than a dozen non-Jewish Poles in central, eastern, and southeastern Poland were honored this week for their work in preserving, promoting, and caring for Jewish culture and heritage in Poland and promoting Jewish-Polish dialogue. Their awards marked the 23rd … continue reading →
