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  • Menorahs made in ex-Communist suburb

    November 29, 2004 10:00am

    The Polish model suburb of Nowa Huta was built under a Communist philosophy of atheism. Now it houses a workshop that manufactures menorahs, popular among Poles and tourists alike.

  • Poles flock to exhibit on Jewish life

    October 31, 2004 9:00am

    A museum exhibit highlights the rich Jewish history of the Polish city of Czestochowa as the nation’s Jewish past becomes a popular focus for curious Poles.

  • Krakow gets three sukkahs

    October 4, 2004 9:00am

    Three sukkahs in Krakow join a host of physical symbols, including a Torah and a mikvah, that remind Poles and tourists alike of the city’s proud’s Jewish past.

  • The future of a Polish city’s Jewish past

    May 19, 2004 9:00am

    Messages have been pouring in from Jews with family ties to Czestochowa, Poland ever since some members of the Czestochowa Diaspora gathered in their native city for a three-day conference called Coexistence, Holocaust, Memory.

  • Jewish past seen via Polish present

    May 10, 2004 9:00am

    A new museum in Krakow hopes to fill a void in Jewish cultural sites by looking beneath the surface of contemporary Polish cities and town to find their Jewish past.

  • Satmars’ hometown a shambles

    March 2, 2004 10:00am

    The leader of a Romanian Jewish community of about 90 people protects the last vestiges of a once-vibrant Jewish life.

  • Non-Jews remember Jewish Krakow

    November 9, 2003 10:00am

    A Jewish group in Poland that recently honored 56 Righteous Gentiles reflects the newfound appeal of Jewish history among both Jews and non-Jews in a country that was a mecca for Jewish life before World War II.