Visitors to Warsaw have just received a big boost — a joint ticket valid to visit four key Jewish attractions in the Polish capital. The ticket can be purchased at the POLIN museum or online at: bilety.polin.pl. It includes entry to: … continue reading →
A new Jewish museum — the Upper Silesian Jews House of Remembrance — has opened, in the restored, red-brick, pre-burial house at the “new” Jewish cemetery in Gliwice, in southern Poland. (Address: 14 Księcia Józefa Poniatowskiego Street). The opening ceremony took place … continue reading →
Crowd-funding is increasing used to finance a wide range of projects and initiatives — and Jewish heritage work is no exception. Two major Jewish heritage projects have recently launched crowd-funding efforts. — Space of Synagogues memorial project, L’viv, Ukraine … continue reading →
January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945, is marked in many countries as the international Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is an occasion for commemorative ceremonies, educational programs, and other initiatives. Monuments and memorials are also dedicated. This year … continue reading →
We have written in the past about the initiative that has constructed in Biłgoraj, Poland, a replica of the destroyed wooden synagogue that once stood in Wolpe, now in Belarus. It looks just about complete — and here is a … continue reading →
