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Purim Ball "Return to Eden"

Marian Turski has passed away

"Don't say it's time to go the last way." Report from the 78th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

On April 19, 2021 at 12 AM sirens in Warsaw wailed in honor of the Warsaw Ghetto fighters. During the ceremony at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, attended by the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda, the Kaddish was recited and poems by Hirsz Glik, Andrzej Włast and Władysław Szlengel were sung.
78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - online broadcast

The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute together with the Social and Cultural Society of Jews in Poland and the Warsaw Ghetto Museum invite you to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The Jewish Historical Institute closed from March 15 until further notice

The Jewish Historical Institute will be closed to visitors from March 15, 2021 until further notice due to new restrictions introduced by the Minister of Health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Artur Eisenbach – historian, director of the Jewish Historical Institute, friend of Emanuel Ringelblum

Artur Eisenbach was born on April 7, 1906 in Nowy Sącz (Southern Poland). He was a historian, friend and brother-in-law of Emanuel Ringelblum. During the war he stayed in the Soviet Union. His wife and daughter were murdered under German occupation. After the war, he worked at the Jewish Historical Institute, and in 1966 became its director. After Eisenbach's death, his photos, notes, materials and documents were placed in the JHI Archives.
Kosher and joyous Passover!

Best wishes on Passover.
Signing of the Agreement on cooperation between the Jewish Historical Institute and the Warsaw Ghetto Museum

On March 12 director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, Monika Krawczyk and director of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, Albert Stankowski, have signed a cooperation agreement between the institutions.
There is no horizon in the ghetto sky. Watch the animations accompanying the exhibition "Where Art Thou? Gen 3,9"

Wall, hunger, fear, timelessness, uncertainty, faith. The places, states and feelings experienced by those imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto. Watch the animations accompanying the exhibition "Where Art Thou? Gen 3:9".
"Pierce from end to end." The first modern Jewish school in Warsaw

93 years ago, on February 19, 1928, the Institute for Judaic Studies was opened in Warsaw. It was "the first Jewish school in Europe with a scientific curriculum including not only theological subjects but also secular Jewish studies.”
In memory of Jan Jagielski

We are sorry to inform you about the death of Jan Jagielski, a social activist and guardian of Jewish cemeteries in Poland. For us, he was first of all Mr. Janek, who treated the Jewish Historical Institute as his second home. May his soul be bound with the knot of life.
Welcome back to JHI starting from February 9

A story about fear and hope, about civil resistance and heroism in the face of ultimate evil, and a journey to the world of religion and culture of Polish Jews. From February 9, 2021 the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute reopens to visitors.
Statement on the removal of Warsaw Ghetto artifacts from Poland

Statement by Monika Krawczyk, director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, Albert Stankowski, director of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum and Zygmunt Stępiński, director of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, regarding the removal of Warsaw Ghetto artifacts from Poland.
Monika Krawczyk appointed director of the Jewish Historical Institute

On January 1, 2021, Monika Krawczyk began a five-year term as the Director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute.
Professor Paweł Śpiewak: Do not close the experience in a time capsule

The collections of the Jewish Historical Institute should be exhibited, so that anyone who visits us may say: there are treasures. We moved the Institute from the era of typewriting to the Internet era. We open up with exhibitions, lectures, film and theater screenings, trying to attract especially the residents of Warsaw. This is the way to the future. Olga Drenda talks to the director of the Jewish Historical Institute, professor Paweł Śpiewak.
Winners of Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Award for 2019 and 2020

The recipients of the Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award for 2019 and 2020 have been anounced. The award has been given to professor Daniel Grinberg and dr hab. Joanna Lisek.
From November 2, until further notice, the Jewish Historical Institute is closed to visitors

From November 2, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Jewish Historical Institute will be closed to visitors until further notice. Find out how to view our collections online.
Libelid. Listen to Ola Bilińska's Yiddish love songs

"Libelid" is a set of eight pre-war compositions about different shades and faces of love. In these poetic works come out the Jewish customs, which strongly influenced the emotional and family life of members of the community. The love songs restored to memory from the old Jewish collections resound again in an unusual interpretation by Ola Bilińska.
„Great inspiration from Tłomackie. Warsaw – Oni – Beer Sheva” – watch the film

What was the heritage of the Great Synagogue in Warsaw? We present a record of the educational project of the Jewish Historical Institute — the short film „Great inspiration from Tłomackie. Warsaw – Oni – Beer Sheva”.
„Great artists suffer and can never be sure of their skill”. Symcha Trachter in Paris

In the museums, salons and exhibitions of the 1920s Paris, young Symcha Trachter encountered the greatest masters of modern painting. His stay in France contributed to the development of his individual style.
Limited access to the JHI Archive from October 5, 2020

From October 5, access to archival documents kept in the Jewish Historical Institute collection will be temporarily difficult or impossible due to construction works. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.
Symcha Trachter 1894–1942. Light and color – photo report from the opening of the temporary exhibition

On September 3, 2020 took place the opening of our newest temporary exhibition dedicated to the work of Symcha Trachter (1894–1942), a painter associated with Lublin and Kazimierz Dolny, prisoner of the Warsaw Ghetto. We invite you to visit the exhibition until October 25.
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