Jews and Poland




Dreamlike and Hallucinatory

JewTh!nk, July 28, 2023

On reading Bruno Schulz

See also Reflections on Reading Bruno Schulz, The Wisdom Daily, March 17, 2022

 



Jewish Culture in Kraków

JewTh!nk, January 3, 2023

A reflection on a pre-pandemic Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków

See also Reflections on the Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków, The Wisdom Daily, September 9, 2022

Dominika Kolodziej (left) and Polish novelist Joanna Chojnacka (right) at the Hevre restaurant in Kraków. Photo — Shai Afsai

 

Mariusz Matera and Preserving the Memory of Jewish Life in Chelm

written with Ariela Alush

New English Review, April 2020

An interview with Polish artist, activist, and musician Mariusz Matera

Mariusz Matera (left) and Czeslaw Uszyński (right) at Kraków’s Tempel Synagogue. Photo — Shai Afsai

 

The “Lucky Jew” of Poland

Jewish Rhode Island, September 2019

Among the memorabilia sold in Kazimierz’s Plac Nowy, or New Square — as well as in other parts of Kraków and throughout Poland — are pictures and figurines of the “Lucky Jew.”

Michael Rubenfeld and Adam Schorin discuss their “Lucky Jew” portraits with Polish passersby at Plac Nowy in Kraków. Photo — Shai Afsai