MDLDE Poland Praga

[wersja polska poniżej] On the 26th of January a fourth in-person training session of the MDLDE Poland took place in Warsaw. The group, composed of: educators, guides, teachers and other persons working with Jewish heritage in Poland, visited the Praga Museum of Warsaw. Aleksandra Karkowska-Rogińska, a participant of the program, and an employee of the […]

Shtetl Routes Network Incubator – Lublin

Between November 15 – 17, the Taube Center, in partnership with Brama Grodzka (Grodzka Gate) co-ran a special training program as part of the MDLDE, called Shtetl Routes Network Incubator – Lublin. As the program consisted of several sessions, part of them were led by Martu Eichelberger-Jankowska, MDLDE Project Coordinator and Helise Lieberman, Director, Taube […]

Until next time, Poland!

In late-June and early-July 2024 I went to Poland for the fourth time. As a result of two life-affecting events in the early 2010s, my attention was drawn to the country of Poland. In 2012 I started volunteering at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (the Museum). At that time, it was something worthwhile to do […]

10th Anniversary of the POLIN Museum

September 2024 was a busy time for the Taube Center as we had honour of hosting several special delegations to the 10th anniversary of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. A five-day rich Museum’s program was filled with various numerous events, starting from private guided tours through the Core Exhibition and temporary […]

Ukrainian Pre-Taglit in Warsaw

In cooperation with Hillel Poland, the Taube Center organized a pre-Taglit (Birthright) program for 22 Ukrainian students and young adults on their way to Israel. This was the first time since the beginning of the war that a delegation from Ukraine was able to participate in a Taglit Birthright trip. The group celebrated Shabbat with […]

Workshop: Resistance and resilience

The Taube Center welcomed a group of Jewish students from the Golda Och Academy led by Rabbi Rob Kahn on February 27. Helise Lieberman took the students to see the critically-acclaimed exhibition “What We Couldn’t Shout Out to the World” at the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute and hosted a follow-up discussion, with Taube Center’s […]

Hasidism: New Perspectives on an Old Movement || #TJHTalks30

#TJHTalks30Hasidism: New Perspectives on an Old Movement Guest Speakers: Professor David Biale, University of California, Davis (Emeritus)Dr. Chen Mandel-Edrei, Open University of IsraelProfessor Marcin Wodziński, University of Wroclaw, Poland February 26, 2023 The #TJHTalks program is supported solely by contributions from our viewing audience. If you would like to support future webinars, please make a tax-deductible donation […]

European Days of Jewish Culture: Organizers’ meeting in Paris

The Taube Center, the Polish national coordinator for the European Days of Jewish Culture 2023, was represented in Paris by Director Helise Lieberman and Senior Project Manager Paweł Łukaszewicz. The speakers and workshops focused on transmitting Jewish memory, the theme of this year’s EDJC. Helise Lieberman, together with Andrei Kovacs, led a discussion entitled: “Can […]

Kef Be Choref

Following the success of the 2022 Kef be Kayitz Summer Camp, the Taube Center once again collaborated with the JCC Warsaw, Hillel Poland, and the Office of the Chief Rabbi of Poland on Kef be Choref (Fun in the Winter) Camp. Hosted at the Lauder-Morasha School  and supported by the Jewish Community of Warsaw, the […]