Film Screening & Discussion at Tel Aviv University You are warmly invited to a special screening of a film by R. Lewandowski, a powerful documentary exploring the intertwined destinies of two women in the context of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. The screening will be preceded by a historical introduction and followed by a discussion…
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The POLIN Award 2025 ceremony
🇫🇷 Cf. infra pour le français 🇬🇧 The POLIN Award recognizes people and organizations actively working to preserve the memory of Polish Jewish history. It not only honors social commitment but also inspires others to act in the spirit of responsibility, dialogue, and solidarity. In times when indifference to violence and intolerance is growing, the…
Invitation (Jerusalem): Proof of Identity – documentary movie about contemporary Jewish identity
Being a Jew Todayin Poland, in Israel, in the World Movie screening and a Discussion Panel (in English) Sunday, December 29, 2024, 20:00Where? Menachem Begin Center in Jerusalem – see on Google maps Proof of IdentityDowód tożsamości Movie directed by Mikołaj Grynberg (2021) Followed by a discussion withNoah Efron (philosopher, Bar Ilan University, Israel)Paul Gross…
Invitation (Tel Aviv): Proof of Identity – documentary movie about being a Jew in Poland today
Being a Jew Todayin Poland, in Israel, in the World Movie screening and a Discussion Panel (in English) Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 16:00The entrance is free but please register here (form)Where? Wiener Library, behind the Sourasky Central Library, Tel Aviv University Campus – see maps Proof of IdentityDowód tożsamości Movie directed by Mikołaj Grynberg (2021)Followed…
Newsletter March 2024
Newsletter AEMJP European Association of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews March 2024 🇫🇷 Aussi en français! Polin Museum in Warsaw Letter from the Director of POLIN Museum in Warsaw (excerpts) Dear Friends, As Director of POLIN Museum, I am delighted to share that in 2024 POLIN Museum will celebrate its 10th anniversary….
Report: Whom do Poles see when they see a Jew?
Report by the POLIN Museum: Whom do Poles see when they see a Jew? Kogo widzą Polacy, kiedy widzą Żyda? At the end of 2023, a Report on research carried out by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews was published: “Whom do Poles see when they see a Jew?” (Kogo widzą Polacy,…
Shlomo Avineri (1933-2023)
שלמה אבינרי Shlomo Avineri was born as Jerzy Wiener in Bielsko, Poland, 30 August 1933. He has recently passed away, at the age of 90, in Israel, on November 30, 2023. Avineri was an outstanding political scientist and historian, author of a number of books on Karl Marx and the history and ideas of Zionism….
Between Bialystok and Czestochowa
Two people whose personal histories embody the history of the Eastern-European Jews during the last one and half century, Corinne Evens (AEMJP founder) and Cedric Olivestone (a great friend of AEMJP), travelled this year to mysterious places. Below, a few excerpts from the press about their travels. Corinne Evens took part in the commemoration of the…
Munich: Ringelblum Archives exhibition
Nos amis de l’Institut historique juif Emanuel Ringelblum à Varsovie coorganisent une exposition du Centre de documentation de Munich sur l’histoire du national-socialisme (NSDOKU), consacrée aux « archives souterraines du ghetto de Varsovie », assemblées par l’historien Emanuel Ringelblum et par son organisation Oneg Shabbat. Ci-dessous, vous trouverez quelques photos de l’exposition temporaire Ringelblum, mais…
New restitution law in Poland
Deterioration of diplomatic relations between Poland, Israel and the US La version française se trouve en bas de la page Over the summer of 2021, the Polish parliament approved two controversial laws which contribute to rising concerns abroad and has consequences for the most strategic diplomatic relations outside of the EU. The first one concerns…
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Anniversary – 78 years ago
La campagne commémorant le soulèvement du ghetto de Varsovie Nous vous invitons à participer à la campagne de révolte du ghetto de Varsovie de 2021. Cette campagne est organisée par le Musée POLIN, qui retrace l’histoire millénaire des Juifs de Pologne depuis près de dix ans. Nous encourageons les communautés du monde entier à s’informer…
Solidarity with prof. Barbara Engelking and prof. Jan Grabowski
Update August 16, 2021 – great news! The lawsuit against Professors Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski has been rejected by the Warsaw Appellate Court. “The Warsaw Appellate Court rejected today the lawsuit filed against us by Mrs. Filomena Leszczynska. The Court of Appeals upheld the arguments raised by us in our appeal and roundly rejected the verdict…
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