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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.