Once, half of Tarnów’s people were Jews. Now, only two — maybe four — remain. Once, there were thirty synagogues:grand sanctuaries, humble shtiebels —prayer rooms tucked in homes,small houses of…
No Name Theatre actorsarrived in Poland with no ideaof the Jewish community that thrived before them. Their performance transformed—into real stories of trauma and tragedy,with glimpses of light.Made whole by…
From Day Four of our Charlotte Community Trip Monuments and museums in conversation,stone and story side by side.The Ghetto Uprising’s Heroes and Martyrs Memorialand the Polin Museum,where a thousand years…
Once, shtetls dotted Poland — now only echoes remain. In 1522, a nobleman’s inkwelcomed ten Jewish families to Tykocin—to build commerce, to build community. A kahal* rose—commerce, culture, a court,…
Warsaw 2025 A beautiful hotelrises where the small Warsaw Ghetto once stood. Beneath us—a graveyard.Six hundred thousand dead from World War II,their bones sometimes unearthedas foundations are laid for the…