Join us for a new online series from POLIN Museum, conducted in English, where we explore various aspects of Jewish life in Poland. Together, we will delve into the rich heritage of Polish Jews, who may include your own ancestors. All sessions are held on Zoom, and registration is free.
Part 3: Virtual tour of POLIN Museum Core Exhibition
- November 3, 2024, 2 PM EDT / 11 AM PDT / 8 PM CET, REGISTER →
- Hosted by Marta Eichelberger-Jankowska
This autumn, the POLIN Museum is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Join us for a special virtual tour of its Core Exhibition, a journey through 1,000 years of the history of Polish Jews—from the Middle Ages to today. During this hybrid tour, you’ll find answers to questions such as: How did Jews come to Poland? How did Poland become the center of the Jewish Diaspora and home to the largest Jewish community in the world? How did it cease to be one, and how is Jewish life being revived today?
Marta Eichelberger-Jankowska is a guide for Jewish Warsaw at the Taube Center Foundation and an educator at the POLIN Museum. She holds an MA in Experiential Education and Jewish Cultural Arts from George Washington University and a BA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies from University College London. Marta has extensive experience in Holocaust education. In the United States, she worked as an educator at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and served as a senior historian intern at the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Co-organized by The Museum at Eldridge Street.
Part 4: Guardians of Jewish Memory
- Details will be available soon
Previous parts →
Part 1: Discovering Your Heritage: How to Trace Your Ancestry with Simple Tools
- August 18, 2024, 2PM EDT / 11AM PDT / 8PM CET, REGISTER →
- Hosted by Matan Shefi
Explore the rich history of your ancestors from Poland and the surrounding regions. Join POLIN Museum genealogy researcher Matan Shefi as he shares valuable insights on where to find support for your genealogical research and which tools to use to uncover your family's history. Learn the best practices and techniques to connect with your roots and discover the stories of your ancestors.
Matan Shefi is the Chief Queries Specialist at the POLIN Museum, with over 10 years of experience in Jewish genealogy. He collaborates with academic researchers, governmental bodies, writers, and families worldwide, helping them uncover the stories of Polish-Jewish individuals and their own family histories. Born and raised in Israel, Matan is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Part 2: Women of the shtetl
- September 22, 2024, 11AM EDT / 8AM PDT / 5PM CET, REGISTER →
- Hosted by Aleksandra Jakubczak
Who were the women of the shtetl? How did the secular Jewish and non-Jewish literature, education, and novel ideas about sexuality and family that penetrated small towns change women’s position, their self-perception, and gender roles in the shtetl community? This webinar will explore how Jewish women in small towns were not immune to broader processes affecting women in Eastern Europe and globally and will show who were the small-town Jewish women on the eve of the Holocaust.
Aleksandra Jakubczak is a historian who specializes in the social and economic history of East European Jewry in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on women and gender. She received her PhD from Columbia University and, in 2024, was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. Currently, she is the Chief Historian at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and a research fellow at the Historical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Co-organized by YIVO as part of the Online History Course: The Shtetl: Jewish Community in Transition.
The series is co-organized by:
Partners:
Public task financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland within the grant competition "Public Diplomacy 2024."