Polish Parliament decided that year 2012 is dedicated to Janusz Korczak, Polish-Jewish writer, thinker and the great leader in the fight for children's rights and innovative pedagogics. On January 5, 2012, the Janusz Korczak Year has been officially inaugurated at the Jewish Historical Institute by its director, Professor Pawel Spiewak. The Ombudsman for Children in Poland, Marek Michalak, said: "I am so happy that the act on the Janusz Korczak Year has been passed on by the Parliament so unanimously. It means Janusz Korczak and his ideas continue to unite people of various ideological perspectives. It is no accident that we are starting here. Good luck!"

Professor Paweł Śpiewak has been nominated the director of the Jewish Historical Institute by Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of culture and national heritage. The ceremony took place on October 3rd, 2011, in Warsaw, at ZIH.

Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw is in the group of twelve organizations taking part in the major European project Judaica Europeana. ZIH joined eleven institutes and organizations from London, Frankfurt, Athens, Bologna, Paris and Rome to digitize the cultural treasures of European and render them accessible to the public.

The Jewish History Quarterly, a journal published by the Jewish Historical Institute, has been included in the Master Journal List as the only Polish historical journal beside Acta Poloniae Historica. Master Journal List is the major index of key scientific journals in the world. It is edited and updated by the Institute for Scientific Information.