Poland is expected to invest 100 million zlotys (approx. €24 million) to restore Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery on Okopowa st. thanks to a law approved earlier this month. Parliament approved the measure by an overwhelming vote of 416-4, with … continue reading →
Two important new permanent exhibitions have recently opened in Poland. One, situated in the synagogue of the former Chachmei Yeshivat Lublin, focuses on the history of the Yeshiva and its founder, rabbi Meir Yehuda Shapira (1887-1933). The other, at … continue reading →
A valuable new resource — a manual on preserving and protecting Jewish cemeteries — has been published, in Polish — and is downloadable for free from the internet. Cmentarze żydowskie. Podręcznik dobrych praktyk w ochronie dziedzictwa lokalnego (Jewish cemeteries. Manual … continue reading →
Construction for a parking lot and electrical substation on the site of a Jewish cemetery in the town of Siemiatycze in eastern Poland unearthed skeletal human remains that were then dug up and discarded in a heap of dirt. … continue reading →
The Bente Kahan Foundation has begun to restore the more than century-old mikveh in Wrocław, Poland as both a functioning ritual bath and space for a permanent exhibition dedicated to the narrative of the Jewish lIfe cycle. The mikveh … continue reading →
