Today — Monday, May 18 — is the annual International Museum Day. The Day has been organized since 1977 by the International Council of Museums to raise awareness about the fact that “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, … continue reading →
Mazel Tov to historian Dariusz Stola, the former director of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, who has been named the recipient of the 2020 Irena Sendler Memorial Award, an award presented annually by Taube Philanthropies to … continue reading →
Welcome back! With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in some countries, Jewish museums and other Jewish heritage sites are also beginning to reopen, with social distancing and other hygienic measures in place. Many events are still cancelled or postponed — … continue reading →
We have recently learned of the death of Dr. Łucja Pawlicka-Nowak, for decades a key figure in research on the Holocaust and Jewish heritage in Poland. She died February 27 at the age of 82. Pawlicka-Nowak was the director of … continue reading →
Ongoing restoration work at Warsaw’s vast Okopowa street Jewish cemetery saw the repair and renovation of dozens of headstones and monuments last year. On its web site devoted to the cemetery’s restoration, Poland’s Cultural Heritage Foundation listed a total of … continue reading →
