The week-long visit of American Jewish Committee delegation to Poland – part of the Polish Jewish Exchange Program – has just finished. Our partners from the AJC arrived in Warsaw on July 16th and had the next few days filled with visits to the city’s important Jewish sites and meetings, among others with Anna Azari, Ambassador of Israel to Poland, Prof. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Program Director of the Core Exhibition of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, representatives of Warsaw Jewish community, and home hospitality evening with the Polish alumni of the Polish Jewish Exchange Program, which was also attended by Adam Bodnar, Polish Commissioner for Human Rights.
From Warsaw the delegation left for Lublin, where the participants were hosted by The “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre. Afterwards they visited Bełżec Museum and Memorial and met with Ewa Koper, Leader of Dialogue who works there. The next day, they had an opportunity to see The Ulma Family Museum of Poles Saving Jews in Markowa, Łańcut Synagogue, enjoyed a tour of Kraków’s Kazimierz Jewish Quarter and dinner with Robert Gądek of Kraków Jewish Culture Festival. Their stay ended with a study visit to the Memorial and Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Shabbat dinner at Kraków Jewish Community Centre.
Project carried out as part of the Polish/Jewish Exchange Program in collaboration with American Jewish Committe, Polish Embassy in Washington, and with the support of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.
