Fundacja Ochrony Dziedzictwa Żydowskiego

The 'Synagogue' Center is a museum and a modern cultural center functioning in the building of the Renaissance synagogue in Zamosc. The synagogue was restored by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland thanks to the support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway within the framework of the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. The Center was opened on April 5th, 2011. The President of the Republic of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski held honorary patronage over the opening ceremony.

Currently operating in the building of the 17th century synagogue is the Multimedia Museum of the History of the Jews of Zamość and the Surrounding Area. Several exhibitions, lectures and concerts as well as seminars and academic conferences also take place there. Thanks to the existence of the 'Synagogue' Center visitors can learn about the history of the Jewish community which over several centuries took part in shaping the region’s intellectual, religious and cultural identity. Part of the building has been adapted for the needs of local NGOs active in the area of culture. The synagogue also has a religious function, serving as a place of prayer to Jewish groups visiting Zamosc. More about the project >>

MEDIA PATRONAGE OVER THE CONFERENCE 2013-10-30

We are happy to inform that the Forum of the Polish Jews www.fzp.net.pl assumed the patronage over the conference. more »

MEDIA PATRONAGE OVER THE CONFERENCE 2013-10-30

We are happy to inform that the Radio Lublin www.radio.lublin.pl assumed the patronage over the conference. more »

OPEN LECTURE 2013-10-29

On October 29th, 2013 at the ‘Synagogue’ Center of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland a lecture “A community which is no more – following the traces of Zamość Jews” together with a multimedia more »

71st ANNIVERSARY OF THE GHETTO LIQUIDATION 2013-10-16

This year marks the 71st anniversary of Operation Reinhard – action carried out by Germans between 1942 and 1943, which aim was the extermination of European Jewry. Its implementation began in March 1942 with deportations to death more »

HONORARY PATRONAGE OF THE PRESIDENT 2013-10-10

The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland is pleased to inform that the President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski has assumed honorary patronage over the Academic Research Conference ‘Jan Karski – Witness, Emissary, Man’. The more »

TOMEK MELAK EXHIBITION 2013-09-29

Between September 3rd and 29th, 2013 an exhibition ‘Cocoons’ by Tomek Melak was presented at the 'Synagogue' Center of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland. The exhibition consisted (among others) of three-dimensional structure of hand-made more »

THE CHASSIDIC ROUTE 2013-09-23

We are happy to inform you that an iteractive map of the Chassidic Route has just been added to the World Monuments Fund's website http://www.wmf.org/chassidic-route-interactive-map more »

ANTI-SEMITIC GRAFFITI 2013-09-01

We are very sorry to inform that on the night of August 31st, 2013 the Renaissance synagogue in Zamość, restored by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, was attacked by vandals, who painted an Anti-Semitic slogan on the facade of the building. The Foundation more »

‘DIALOGUE, MONOLOGUE, SILENCE’ EXHIBITION 2013-08-31

Between July 12th and August 31st, 2013 an exhibition ‘Dialogue, monologue, silence’ by Magdalena Atkins, Tomasz Czyżewski, Joanna Fodczuk-Garcia and Iwona Stachura was presented more »

THE JEWISH CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 5774 2013-08-06

We are happy to inform you that a new Jewish calendar for the year 5774 is now available at the Foundation. The calendar gives the hours of beginning and ending of Shabbat, festivals and fasts for Warsaw and more »

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