Writer Henryk Grynberg reads his works in the Jewish Historical Institute; Israeli tourists in Warsaw are instantly recognizable.Read More
Jewish Museum honors the organization, Żegota, which rescued Jews from the Nazis; spending winter in Israel is no longer an option for elderly Jews.Read More
Lodz community leader who helps sick orphans receives the Alina Margolis-Edelman Prize; At the Jewish Film Festival – two interesting films by Romanian director Radu Gabrea.Read More
At the Jewish film festival in Warsaw – a “comedy” that takes place while people are sitting shiva, and a drama about a professor’s visit to Buchenwald; celebration of Polish independence at Nozyk Shul is cancelled.Read More
Lecture by Prof. Dan Miron on the uniqueness of Sholem Aleichem; exhibit will show photos of pre-war Jewish life in Lodz, accompanied by sound.Read More
Polish writer wearing old-fashioned clothing raises money for Jewish cemetery; comic book artist donates autographed poster to Jewish museum; Israeli delegation of leaders from various religions visit Auschwitz.Read More
New street named for late Polish Jewish actress, Nora Ney; many Hebrew spelling errors on website of the Jewish Museum in Warsaw.Read More
Jacek Koszczan gets award for protecting Jewish gravestones in Dukla; non-Jewish Poles learning Yiddish at the Fundacja Shalom; Hanoch Gutfreund gives talk about historical Polish connection to Hebrew University.Read More
A dramatic reading of Gustaw Mejerlink’s “The Golem” in the Jewish Museum; polish teacher and students in Pruszkow renovate gravestones of local Jewish cemetery; Jan Jagielski is an expert on Jewish cemeteries throughout Poland.Read More
Michael Steinlauf’s lecture about An-Ski’s “Dybbuk” is a disappointment; new museum in Krakow displays paintings of Jewish life in pre-war Poland.Read More