On April 26 students from Copernicus High School in Radom hosted a visit of a group of participants of the March of the Living from the U.S. Among the guests was Mr Irving Kempner who had already visited the school last spring an thoroughly enjoyed meeting the students and taking the walking tour of Jewish sites in Radom. This time the students and the guests had time to get to know each other and share their experience and interests during a workshop at school. Afterwards the students showed the guests around Radom, visiting the usual spots on the tour but also helping some of them find places related to their family histories.

Last Saturday, the Forum for Dialogue invited Polish alumni of its Polish-Jewish Exchange Program to visit a middle school in Błonie – the receiver of the first prize during the 2013 School of Dialogue Gala. After a workshop session giving the participants time to get to know each other, and after a short presentation of the commemoration project prepared by the students, the invited guests took part in an urban game based on the history of the local Jewish community. Despite unfavorable weather, the attendees were under great impression of students’ work and involvement.

The visit to the School of Dialogue was organized as a part of an annual meeting of the Polish alumni of the exchange program, which had been in operation since 1996 as a joint venture of the Forum for Dialogue and the American Jewish Committee. In the afternoon the participants of the meeting listened to the presentation on the Forum’s achievements and had a chance to talk to Chairman of the Friends of the Forum, Michael Rosenbaum.