We are pleased to announce that Forum for Dialogue has received a grant in the “Public Diplomacy 2024” program of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project funded, called “Through a Common History to a Modern Poland: Study Visits of Jewish Leaders to Poland,” involves the organization of two comprehensive study tours to Poland for no less than 16 individuals, representatives of Jewish communities from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Israel, and other countries.

The purpose of the Study Visit program is introducing the participants to the complexity of Jewish history in Poland, as well as to the efforts to preserve the memory of the Jewish past undertaken in Poland.

Leaders of Jewish communities will participate in a series of meetings with experts, scholars, local activists and young people with whom they will father a comprehensive perspective on Jewish past and present in Poland. They will also visit major Polish cities, such as Warsaw and Krakow, as well as other places, including smaller towns that once had a substantial Jewish presence. This, in turn, will allow the participants to learn about the wide spectrum of endeavors undertaken in Poland to keep the Jewish memory alive and preserve Jewish heritage, as well as the successes in and obstacles to building an open civil society.

Name of the task: Through a joint history to modern Poland. Study visits of leaders of the Jewish Diaspora to Poland.

Project financed from the state budget within the competition of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland “Public Diplomacy 2024”.

Funding amount: 179 999,98 PLN

Short description of the task: The project involves the organization of two comprehensive study tours to Poland for no less than 16 individuals, representatives of Jewish communities from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Israel, and other countries. The purpose of these activities is introducing the participants to the complexity of Jewish history in Poland, as well as to the efforts to preserve the memory of the Jewish past undertaken in Poland.