{"id":4742,"date":"2020-02-12T20:20:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/szih.org.pl\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2020-02-14T15:10:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T14:10:44","slug":"statement-on-behalf-of-the-friends-of-polin-museum-communal-organizations-jewish-milieus-and-the-donors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/en\/statement-on-behalf-of-the-friends-of-polin-museum-communal-organizations-jewish-milieus-and-the-donors\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on behalf of the friends of POLIN Museum, communal organizations, Jewish milieus and the donors"},"content":{"rendered":"

On behalf of the Friends of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, communal organizations, Jewish milieus and the donors whom we represent, we wish to appeal to the POLIN Museum co-founders to promptly tackle the crisis caused by the fact that the Museum director has not yet been appointed.<\/em><\/p>\n

POLIN Museum cannot remain in the state of limbo, without a director appointed for a\u00a0proper term who could successfully continue to fulfil the mission of the institution that is known for its precious contribution to Polish-Jewish dialogue and mutual understanding, and to the positive image of Poland across the globe.<\/em><\/p>\n

Professor Dariusz Stola was the best candidate for the post of POLIN Museum director\u2014in May 2019, he convincingly won the competition launched by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today we have reached a stalemate, for Professor Stola\u2019s candidature has not been met with the acceptance of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. This stance was officially confirmed by Professor Piotr Gli\u0144ski at a meeting with the representatives of the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage on 7\u00a0February 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n

It is indeed difficult to understand and accept the rationale behind the current situation. Failure to appoint Professor Stola for the post is perceived as a fiasco by all the people who has POLIN Museum\u2019s best interest at heart.<\/em><\/p>\n

In response to the ensuing circumstances, Professor Stola expressed his willingness to support an altogether different solution which might gain the acceptance of all the POLIN Museum co-founders, namely the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute and the Mayor of the City of Warsaw. We truly appreciate this gesture.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the situation which we deem critical for further functioning of POLIN Museum, appointing another candidate may turn out to be the only solution. However, we are in full agreement that such a candidate should be designated by the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute, in close consultation with the Mayor of the City of Warsaw. Thus, we could guarantee that further activity of an institution that is so dear to us will continue smoothly and successfully, as it did under Professor Dariusz Stola\u2019s management.<\/em><\/p>\n

We expect that a candidate selected that way will gain acceptance of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and the crisis sparked off by failure to appoint POLIN Museum director will finally be resolved. In our opinion, Zygmunt St\u0119pi\u0144ski, the current Acting Director of POLIN Museum, is an obvious candidate for the post.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Anna Bando, The Polish Association of the Righteous Among Nations<\/p>\n

Kamila D\u0105browska, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

Magda Dorosz, Hillel Foundation Poland<\/p>\n

Joanna Fikus, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

Andrzej Folwarczny, Forum for Dialogue<\/p>\n

Andrzej Friedman, B’nai B’rith – POLIN Lodge<\/p>\n

Konstanty Gebert<\/p>\n

Jan Hartman<\/p>\n

Zuzanna Hertzberg, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

Jan Jagielski, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

Tadeusz Jakubowicz, Jewish Community in Cracow<\/p>\n

Marian Kalwary, Association of Jewish Combatants and Victims of World War II<\/p>\n

Alicja Kobus, Jewish Community in Pozna\u0144<\/p>\n

Klara Ko\u0142odziejska, Association of the Jewish Communities in Poland<\/p>\n

Aleksandra Leliwa-Kopysty\u0144ska, Association of the Children of the Holocaust<\/p>\n

Helise Lieberman, Taube Center<\/p>\n

Sergiusz Kowalski, B’nai B’rith – POLIN Lodge<\/p>\n

Maciej Koz\u0142owski, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

Stanis\u0142aw Krajewski<\/p>\n

Wiktor Markowicz, American Friends of POLIN Museum<\/p>\n

Agnieszka Milbrandt, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

Jacek M\u0142ynarski, Second Generation Association – Descendants of Holocaust Survivors<\/p>\n

Alicja Mroczkowska, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

Ma\u0142gorzata Niezabitowska, POLIN Museum Council<\/p>\n

Marek Nowakowski, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

Johnatan Ornstein, JCC Cracow<\/p>\n

Gra\u017cyna Pawlak, The Prof. Moses Schorr Foundation<\/p>\n

Shana Penn, POLIN Museum Council, Taube Philanthropies<\/p>\n

Les\u0142aw Piszewski, Jewish Community in Warsaw<\/p>\n

Piotr Puchta, The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland<\/p>\n

Agata Rakowiecka, Jewish Community Center Warsaw<\/p>\n

Sebastian Rejak, AJC Central Europe<\/p>\n

Roman Rewald, American Friends of POLIN Museum<\/p>\n

Andrzej Rojek, American Friends of POLIN Museum<\/p>\n

Zygmunt Rolat, POLIN Museum Council, American Friends of POLIN Museum<\/p>\n

Adam Daniel Rotfeld, POLIN Museum Council<\/p>\n

S\u0142awomir R\u00f3\u017ca\u0144ski, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

Paula Sawicka, Open Republic Association<\/p>\n

Ryszard Schnepf, POLIN Museum Council<\/p>\n

Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland<\/p>\n

Karina Soko\u0142owska, JDC<\/p>\n

Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler, Chabad-Lubavitch<\/p>\n

Pawe\u0142 \u015apiewak, Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute<\/p>\n

Marcin \u015awi\u0119cicki, Polish Committee for support of the POLIN Museum<\/p>\n

Jaros\u0142aw Szczepa\u0144ski, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

Tad Taube, Taube Philanthropies<\/p>\n

Izabela Teodorkiewicz, Shalom Foundation<\/p>\n

Marian Turski, POLIN Museum Council, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

Marcin Wodzi\u0144ski, Taube Department of Jewish Studies, University of Wroclaw<\/p>\n

Rabbi Stas Wojciechowicz, Synagogue Ec Chaim of the Jewish Community in Warsaw<\/p>\n

Krzysztof Zorde<\/p>\n

Jolanta \u017byndul, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland<\/p>\n

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At the invitation of President of the Association of Jewish Historical Institute of Poland and with presence of representative of the Mayor of Warsaw, director Aldona Machnowska-G\u00f3ra, a meeting of the friends of the Museum, Jewish organizations and donors was held today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4742"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4770,"href":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions\/4770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szih.org.pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}