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American Friends of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a U.S. based non-profit organization supporting the foundation of the museum. [18] On 17 June 2009, the museum launched the Virtual Shtetl portal, which collects and provides access to essential information about Jewish life in Poland before and after the Holocaust in Poland. The ...
Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories is a book created by genealogist Miriam Weiner and co-published by The Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. [ 1] A searchable database of updated archival holdings listed in the book is available in the Archive Database on the Routes ...
The first extensive Jewish migration from Western Europe to Poland occurred at the time of the First Crusade in 1098. Under Bolesław III (1102–1139), Jews, encouraged by the tolerant regime of this ruler, settled throughout Poland, including over the border in Lithuanian territory as far as Kyiv. [37]
History of the Jewish community of Bialystok (Hebrew: קהילת יהודי ביאליסטוק), the capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship in northeastern Poland, dates back to the mid-17th century. The local Jewish community grew rapidly, and from the beginning of the 19th century made up more than half of the entire population of Bialystok: until ...
The Jewish Historical Institute (Polish: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny or ŻIH; Yiddish: ייִדישער היסטאָרישער אינסטיטוט), also known as the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, is a public cultural and research institution in Warsaw, Poland, chiefly dealing with the history of Jews in Poland and Jewish culture.
The first recorded history of Jews in Kraków, Poland dates back to the 13th century. [1] Jews began to own land and homes in their quarter and in neighboring quarters of the city in 1312. [1][2] The city was an important scholarly center during the Golden Age of Polish Jewry (c. 1500-1648) and was home to prominent rabbis such as Rabbi Joel ...
art collector. businessman. Known for. POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Sigmund A. Rolat or Zygmunt Rolat (July 1, 1930 – May 19, 2024) was a Polish-American philanthropist, art collector, and businessman. He was a founding donor of Polin, The Museum of the History of Polish Jews and a key supporter of numerous charitable endeavors.
Miriam Weiner (/ ˈ w iː n ər /) [1] is an American genealogist, author, and lecturer who specializes in the research of Jewish roots in Poland and the former Soviet Union. [2] [3] Weiner is considered to be one of the pioneers of contemporary Jewish genealogy through her work to open up archives [4] [5] and is described as a trail-blazing, highly respected guide and leading authority on ...