at Forum for Dialogue?
We have finished a week-long study visit to Poland for our guests from United States. A dinner with Andrzej Folwarczny, President of the Forum, opened the study trip on Monday, October 16. On Tuesday and Wednesday participants toured Warsaw and city’s Jewish sites, met with Ambassador of Israel to Poland Anna Azari, journalist Konstanty Gebert and representatives of Warsaw Jewish Community.
On Thursday in Grabów they met with students involved with the School of Dialogue program there. After a warm welcome and preliminary ice-breaking workshops, the students took their guest on a walking trip of Jewish heritage sites of their town. Then the study visit participants travelled to Łódź for a tour of Jewish history and piano recital in Łódź Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic.
The last part of the study trip started with a visit to the Memorial and Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau and then Shabbat dinner in Chrzanów, attended by Leaders of Dialogue, local activists working for the preservation of Jewish heritage: Kamil Bogusz from Chrzanów, Justyna Biernat from Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Joanna Lorenc from Bieruń and Michał Lorenc from Rymanów. The next day, participants had an opportunity to enjoy a tour of Chrzanów Jewish sites guided by Kamil Bogusz.
After the meeting focused on Jewish-Christian relations led by Zuzanna Radzik, Forum’s Executive Board Member, participants travelled to Krakow to took part in Kazimierz Jewish Quarter sightseeing and meetings with representatives of local Jewish community as well as scholars affiliated with Jagiellonian University.
We would like to thank all the participants for this meaningful journey!
