ABOUT US

The Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation (Polish: Fundacja Centrum Taubego na Rzecz Edukacji i Życia Żydowskiego) was established in Warsaw in 2009 (until 2022 active under the name: The Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland Foundation) with generous support from the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture. The Taube Center is dedicated to enriching Jewish life in Poland and
connecting Jews from around the world with their East European heritage, providing engaging educational experiences, including professional development programs, internships, educational heritage study tours, publications, and partnerships that extend throughout Poland and internationally.
The Center contributes to Polish-Jewish literacy, the development of leadership and Jewish institutions, and increases global Jewish engagement in a living Polish-Jewish heritage. 

Tour Program
Taube Jewish Heritage Tours (TJHT), the flagship program of the Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning Foundation, invites people from around the world to explore Polish Jewish culture and to connect with the country’s enduring Jewish legacy, which has shaped modern-day Israeli and American Jewish societies and permeated all facets of Western culture. Taube Jewish Heritage Tours is committed to strengthening the bonds between Poland and Jewish communities worldwide.
The mission-driven, on-the-ground Jewish educational tour program designs customized journeys for families, community organizations, students and faculty, VIP delegations, and individuals from the United States, Canada, Australia, Israel, and Europe. The TJHT professional team of academics, guides, educators, and community leaders provides meaningful and participatory explorations of Poland’s multicultural landscape, infusing each encounter with illuminating personal stories and insights from those engaged in Polish Jewish life and committed to the preservation of Polish Jewish heritage.

The Taube Center’s Educational Programs. 
In 2012, the Taube Center created Mi Dor Le Dor (Heb. from generation to generation), a nationwide program for young professionals and academics involved in the promotion and preservation of tangible and intangible Polish-Jewish heritage. With support from the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe and Taube Philanthropies, the program, which concluded in 2016, graduated four cohorts.
The graduates currently work for various partner organizations, among them the POLIN Museum and the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, and the JCCs in Warsaw and Krakow. The Taube Center is currently planning to model the program for other European Jewish communities. The Taube Center responded to a growing demand for targeted professional development programs in Polish, specifically designed for Polish- Jewish communities and drawing on local experts, by launching Yerusha (Heb. inheritance) in 2019. The two-semester program is funded in part by a grant from the Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund. The cohorts represent Jewish organizations and institutions from around the country.

Taube Center Publications
The Taube Center’s Sefarim Book Publishing Project provides support for the writing, translation, and publication of non-fiction works in Polish-Jewish studies, making them accessible to academia and the wider Polish public. The Project, initially supported by grants from the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture and the Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund, provides seed grants for high-caliber works of Polish-Jewish interest that reflect a broad range of issues and contribute to the field of Polish-Jewish studies for domestic and international readers.
Through its own signature publications — Field Guide to Jewish Łódź; Field Guide to Jewish Warsaw & Krakow; Deep Roots, New Branches: Personal Essays on the Rebirth of Jewish Life in Poland Since 1989; and A Timeline: 1,000 Years of Jewish Life in Poland — the Taube Center provides resources that enrich an understanding of Jewish Poland, past and present, from both historical and personal perspectives. The materials can be used by individuals and groups in both field and formal settings. Future Field Guides will include Lublin, Częstochowa, and Wrocław.