Dan Oren, M.D. is president of the public charity Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland. Founded in 2016, FJHP has supported cleanups and restorations at dozens of Polish Jewish cemeteries. Oren is Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Adjunct) at Yale University and author of The Wedding Photo (Rimmon Press), a book on how to research genealogy and turn it into active preservation of family memory. He received a 2023 “Medal of Honor” Award from the Polish Ministry of Culture for his work in protecting Polish Jewish heritage and the 2024 Dr. Richard Plotz Volunteer of the Year Award from JewishGen. He is program chair of the 2025 IAJGS Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Dr. Oren will do his best to support genealogical explorations of participants in the trip.
