Poland and Judaism Today

February 6, 2007

In this event a panel of experts analyzed the relationship between Poland and Judaism today. The symposium featured an introduction by Aleksander Kwasniewski, president of Poland from 1995 to 2005.

The event was cosponsored by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, the Center for Russia, Eurasian, and East European Studies, Program for Jewish Civilization, and the Office of the President at Georgetown University.

SCHEDULE

Panel 1 | Poland and Israel: Assessing a Healthy Relation Between Two Sovereign Nation States
Panel 2 | Confronting the Past: The Debate over Jedwabne and its Implications for Poland and Her Jews
Panel 3 | Jews in Poland Today: Rebuilding Communities

Participants

Ambassador David Peleg, Israeli ambassador to Poland
Rabbi Michael Schudrich, chief rabbi of Poland
Guy Billauer, American Jewish Committee
Ruth Ellen Gruber, author, Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe
Janusz Makuch, Jewish Cultural Festival in Krakow
Professor Antony Polonsky, Brandeis University
Jonathan Webber, University of Birmingham, Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies

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