A new English translation of Janusz Korczak’s most cherished pedagogical works has appeared, proving he is still one of the most relevant writers today. But is he also too radical? The new book of ...

This year Poland celebrates the life and works of Henryk Goldszmit, better known by his pseudonym Janusz Korczak. He is remembered today primarily for his contributions to education as a great ...

This Yom Hashoah we mark eighty years since the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. The theme of resistance is not just referring to armed resistance, but also to spiritual resistance. Eighty-one years ago this ...

The devotion of Janusz Korczak (born Henryk Goldszmidt) to children during the Holocaust is legendary. After Hitler invaded Poland, Korczak expended superhuman effort to protect his orphanage in the ...

This Yom Hashoah U’Gevurah (the full name of this day is, “Holocaust and Heroes Memorial Day”) we mark 81 years since the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. The theme of resistance does not just refer to armed ...

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For today's parents, the plethora of advice and how-to guides can seem intimidating. But years before Dr. Benjamin Spock and other gurus of child-rearing came on the scene, a renowned pediatrician in ...

In his 1922 novel ‘King Matt the First’, Janusz Korczak depicted a state reformed by a ten-year-old ruler, whose bold theories, however, failed in everyday practice. The book is both an anti-utopia ...

The play is a one-man show starring Yoli Seker, which also makes use of recordings of Gila Almagor, who voices one of Korczak’s trusted associates and Gilad Kletter as Korczak. I Am Not a Thief, a ...

WARSAW — A Polish court changed the date of death of the martyred Polish-Jewish humanitarian Janusz Korczak to reflect he was killed in the Treblinka concentration camp. The Lublin District Court on ...

Seventy-Seven years ago this summer, on August 7, 1942, Dr. Janusz Korczak entered eternity. He died as he had lived, loving every child. Korczak (the pen-name of Henryk Goldzmit) was a Jewish-Polish ...