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Warsaw museum launches film comp to document connection 9 million descendants of Polish Jews around the world have to Poland today

For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Jewish community in the world, and it was a principal center of Jewish culture thanks to a long period of religious tolerance and social autonomy. By 1939 it was the largest Jewish community in Europe. POLIN Museum

The fourteen winning films will be featured in a POLIN museum exhibition which includes Roman Gutek, founder of the Warsaw Film Festival and film distribution company Gutek Film.

Human rights congress gets down to business in capital

Now in its second year, the Congress of Human Rights will have 43 panels over two days. Held on 14-15 December, it will take place at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.

Righteous Among the Nations medals awarded in Warsaw

Sixteen Poles who helped rescue Jews during World War Two were posthumously awarded with Righteous Among the Nations medals at a ceremony at Warsaw's POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews on Wednesday.

Food for thought: Museum serves up kosher delights at Food Safety Congress

Held at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland’s first Kosher Expo set out to dispel myths about kosher food and to inform the food industry about the certification process and promoting their products abroad.

First Jewish food festival opens in Warsaw

This first edition of the TISH Festival will be devoted to vegetarian and vegan Jewish cuisine in tribute to Fania Lewando, whose kosher vegetarian restaurant in pre-war Vilnius had many devoted fans among the local bohemians.

Lemkin, Zink, Wegner receive Righteous 2018 titles

Lawyer Rafal Lemkin, German-descended Catholic priest Adalbert Zink and Armenian genocide witness Armin T. Wegner have been  honoured with Righteous 2018 titles, Warsaw Garden of the Righteous Committee head Zbigniew Gluza informed on Sunday.

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