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25 June 2012
Dear Friend of Kresy-Siberia,
Invitation to
“Invisible Army” play – Friday 20 July 2012
On behalf of the
Kresy-Siberia (UK) team, I am very pleased to invite you to an
important and exciting cultural event to be held on the evening of
Friday 20 July at the Polish Social and Cultural Centre (POSK),
238-246 King Street, Hammersmith, London commencing at 7.30 pm in
POSK’s Theatre.
We would be honoured if you, your family and
friends would join us at this momentous event to commemorate the
70th anniversary of the 1942 formation of Anders’ Army under British
Command.
Entry is free of charge, however places are strictly by
reserved ticket so please RSVP by Wednesday 18 July with guest
numbers and names to:
7 Barnstead Ave, Withington Manchester
M20 4UL
E-mail: UK@Kresy-Siberia.org
Telephone: (0161) 445
6904
Yours sincerely,
Eva Szegidewicz
Trustee and
Secretary-Treasurer
Kresy-Siberia (UK)
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The London Jewish Cultural
Centre is running a course on Polish Jewish relations in association
with the Institute for Polish Jewish Studies from 7-28 March. The
speakers include Professor Antony Polonsky, Ben Helfgott and Dr Kate
Gerrard. For further details please visit:
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Thursday 15 December 2011
Jews and their Neighbours in Eastern
Europe
A History of Endless Conflict?
A One-Day Conference of the Institute
for Polish–Jewish Studies in association with the Polish Cultural
Institute and the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College
London, Thursday 15 December 2011, 9.30 a.m. to 7 p.m
. at the Hallam Conference Centre, 44
Hallam Street, London W1W 6JJ and the Polish Embassy, 47 Portland
Place, London W1B 1JH
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Venue: Chadwick
Lecture Theatre, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, Time: THURSDAY
MAY 12th 2011
5pm: Screening
Undzere kinder (Our Children), a Yiddish film (with English
subtitles) made in 1948. The film is one of the only postwar movies
made in Yiddish and almost the last full length yiddish film to be
made. It was also the first film which attempted to deal with the
Holocaust. Suppressed by the postwar Polish Communist government as
"pro -Zionist" and lost for over 30 years, "Our Children" was
largely shot on location at an orphanage/school near Łódź. The
children in the film were actual survivors of the Holocaust; the
film focuses on how they came to terms with their past.
6.15pm: Discussion of the film
6.45pm: SHORT REFRESHMENT BREAK
7.00 - 9pm: Discussion between Shimon Redlich, Sir Martin
Gilbert, and Prof. Antony Polonsky on Jewish life in post-war
Poland.
Venue: Chadwick Lecture Theatre,
UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Free of charge. All welcome, no prior booking required
link to poster
Sunday, 12 December 2010
The Jews of Krakow: An International Symposium
Day 1: From the Holocaust to the Present
Pre-registration essential
10.15am-5.30pm London Jewish Cultural Centre
Ivy House, 94-96 North End Road, London NW11 7SX
L35 includes kosher sandwich lunch
0208 457 5000 admin@ljcc.org.uk,
www.ljcc.org.uk
In association with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies and the
Polish Cultural Institute.
more informations in pdf file-»
Monday, 13 December 2010
The Jews of Krakow: An International Symposium
Day 2: The Jewish Love-Affair with Krakow over the Centuries
Pre-registration essential.
9.30am-5.30pm Polish Embassy
47 Portland Place W1B 1JH
L35 / L25 includes kosher buffet lunch
07799 875 901
fleming_m11@hotmail.com,
www.polishjewishstudies.pl
Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies in association with the LJCC and
the Polish Cultural Institute.
more informations in pdf file-»
Professor Jonathan Webber one of the
members of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Council talked about the Nazi
concentration camp in occupied Poland for The Guardian and Radio 4.
Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, one of the patrons of the Institute for
Polish Jewish Studies is the Chairman of the Council. Bartoszewski
was a prisoner in Auschwitz (camp number 4427) and was the member of
the Żegota Jewish Aid Council, a clandestine underground
organization of Polish resistance in German-occupied Poland from
1942 to 1945.
Below the links to Jonathan Webbers articles:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jan/13/secondworldwar.poland1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8868666.stm
Warsaw – the History of a Jewish Metropolis
In honor of Professor Antony
Polonsky on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Under the patronage of the President
of the City of Warsaw, Dr Hanna Grokiewicz-Waltz.
The international conference Warsaw
– the History of a Jewish Metropolis, London 22-25 June 2010,
will gather top-ranked scholars in the field of Jewish studies.
During 4 days, in 9 different sections, more than 30 lectures on
varied aspects of the history of the Jewish metropolis will be given.
The conference is organised as part of
The conference is hosted by the
Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London.
The Institute has been for over 50
years providing lectures, symposia and seminars, holding
international conferences, conducting reasearch projects and
sponsoring publications in co-operation with leading publishing
houses. The conference: Warsaw – the History of a Jewish Metropolis
is the latest Institute’s project.
The Department of Hebrew and Jewish
Studies, UCL, is the largest department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies
in Europe. The department is the only one in the UK to offer a full
degree course and research supervision in Jewish Studies in every
subject of Hebrew and Jewish Studies – philology, history, and
literature – covering virtually the entire chronological and
geographical span of the Hebrew and Jewish civilisation from
antiquity through the Middle Ages to the modern period.
To see the Programme go to:
http://warsawjewishmetropolis.wordpress.com/programm/
November 2010
Conference and the launching of volume 23 of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry. Jews in Kraków, Eds. Michal Galas & Antony Polonsky
http://www.littman.co.uk/cat/polin-23.html
Poland: A Jewish Matter
A two-day symposium exploring
contemporary Jewish life in Poland
Date: Sunday 30 May – Monday 31 May 2010
Location: Jewish Museum London
Raymond Burton House, 129–131 Albert Street, London NW1 7NB
Nearest Underground: Camden Town (3 minutes walk)
Organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Warsaw; the
Galicia Jewish Museum, Kraków; the Institute for Polish–Jewish
Studies, Oxford; and the Jewish Museum London.
Marking the close of Jewish programming for POLSKA! YEAR
A unique opportunity to hear from leading speakers from Poland and
the UK engaged at the highest level with contemporary Jewish life in
Poland. Community leaders, cultural practitioners and academics will
consider the significance of Poland for Jewish people today, as well
as issues of religious life, cultural revival, the preservation of
Jewish heritage and some challenging questions about Poland’s Jewish
past. The programme allows plenty of time for questions and
discussion on one of the most provocative, complex subjects in
today’s Jewish world.
Free entry. Pre-registration
recommended but not required. For registration and enquiries
contact:
(0044) (0)20 7284 7384
admin@jewishmuseum.org.uk
Conference organizers
more
informations -»
November 2009
Conference and the launching of volume 22 of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry. Social and Cultural Boundaries in Pre-Modern Poland Eds. Magdalena Teter, Adam Teller & Antony Polonsky
http://www.littman.co.uk/cat/polin-22.html
4 September 2009
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President Lech Walesa with Filip Slipaczek
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27 November 2008, London
The annual one-day conference of the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies took place on Thursday 27th November 2008, 9.30 am to 6.00 pm at the Polish Embassy, London. The title of the conference was "Forty Years On: The March 1968 'Anti-Zionist' Campaign and its Significance for Polish-Jewish Relations". The conference marked the publication of volume 21 of POLIN "1968: Forty Years After".
The speakers at the conference included Adam Michnik (Warsaw), Dariusz Stola (Warsaw), Jaff Schatz (Lund), Eugeniusz Smolar (Warsaw), Anna Frajlich (New York), Leopold Sobel (London), Antony Polonsky (Brandeis), Leszek Gluchowski (Brandeis), and Bella Szwarcman-Czarnota (Warsaw).
To see the
programme of the conference click here:
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24 November 2008, London
Filip Slipaczek, Media Officer of The Institute of Polish Jewish
Affairs, meets The Polish Premier Donald Tusk in London on Monday
24th November 2008 in Polish Embassy in London to discuss Polish
Jewish relations in UK in the wake of the Giles Coren affair.
To see the picture go to page 12 ‘Community week’ of The Jewish News
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19 November 2008
Sir Sigmund Sternberg receives the Award of Tolerance from the
Ecumenical Foundation of Tolerance in Poland.
Sir Sigmund received the Award of Tolerance from the Ecumenical Foundation of Tolerance in Poland. As Sir Sigmund was not available to travel to Poland, the award was given by HE Barbara Tuge-Erecinska, Ambassador of Poland, at the Embassy during the Annual Meeting of the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies of which Sir Sigmund is President. The Award was announced in Poland on 16 November, the UNESCO Day of Tolerance and given in Warsaw on 19
November to the other Jewish recipient who was Shimon Peres
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13 July 2008, London
The Institute for Polish Jewish Studies held their first Summer Garden Party on Sunday 13th July, at the home of The Institute's Press Officer Filip Slipaczek, in New Barnet. Council Members of The Institute present were Sir Sigmund Sternberg, Professor Anthony Polansky (Brandeis University), Mrs Lena Stanley-Clamp and Dr. Katarzyna Zechenter (UCL, SSEES). Furthermore the event attracted the attendance of: Mr Robert Rusiecki Consul of The Republic of Poland in London: Dr Jan Mokrzycki and Mr Wiktor Moszczynski of The Federation of Poles in The UK and Councillors Brian Gordon and Simche Steinberger. The event will be featured on Polish Television with personal interviews given by Sir Sigmund, Professor Polansky, Cllr Brian Gordon and Filip Slipaczek. A kosher barbecue was provided and was under the supervision of Rabbi Hillel Simon of The London Beth Din, for which The Institute would like to acknowledge with gratitude.
From left to right:
1. Wiktor Moszczynski, The Federation of Poles in Great Britain
2. Robert Rusiecki, Consul General of the Republic of Poland
3. Filip Slipaczek, Media Officer of The Institute of Polish Jewish Studies
4. Brian Gordon, a Councillor in Barnet, north London
5. Professor Antony Polonsky, the editor of Polin. Studies in Polish
Jewry
6. Dr. Jan Mokrzycki, President of the Federation of Poles in Great
Britain
From left to right:
Wiktor Moszczynski, the Federation of Poles in Great Britain
Anda McBride, TVP 1
Robert Rusiecki, Consul General of Poland
Cllr Brian Gordon, Conservative councillor for Barnet
Filip Slipaczek, The Institute's Press Officer
Prof. Antony Polonsky (Brandeis U)
Dr. Katarzyna Zechenter (UCL
SSEES)
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