About

The Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations was inaugurated in a meeting of a Tel Aviv University board of trustees in 2004. It is financed by a donation from the industrialist Mr. Rami Unger, and by designated funds which belonged to The Centre for the Study of the History and Heritage of Polish Jewry, at The Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center.

The Institute’s mission is to develop and promote scientific research and teaching of everything connected to the history and culture of Polish Jewry at Tel Aviv University. In order to promote its mission, The Institute collaborates with various academic institutions and public organizations, in Israel and elsewhere. 

The Institute’s activities include, among others: the publication of academic studies and books; the publication of the periodical ‘Gal-Ed: On the History and Culture of Polish Jewry’ (since 1973); awarding scholarships and grants to young scholars and students; organizing or sponsoring academic conferences and lectures, and overseeing the teaching of Polish at Tel Aviv University.