Jewish Thought Leaders

Jewish Cultural Renaissance in Poland

02.01.2011 - By Osher Marin JCCPlay

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For 1,000 years, Poland was the cradle of Jewish civilization and most of the world’s Jews claim ancestral heritage there. Twenty years post Communism…a Jewish cultural revival is taking place. In this episode of Jewish Thought Leaders, Shana Penn, executive director of the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture and the creator of the Jewish Heritage Initiative in Poland, shares stories about the people deeply involved in this cultural reawakening.

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