Tomorrow in Warsaw starts IX edition of Jewish Culture Festival. It is not as known and as big as the Krakow one (which is the biggest in Europe) yet for 9 days there will be lots to do!
Before the IIWW 1/3 of Warsaw consisted of Polish Jews. This wonderful, creative, distinctive world was completely destroyed by 1943 where uprising in ghetto consumed the rest of people with the whole district.
One year later the whole city was leveled. But the memory survived together with few people, many stories, some art artifacts....
Today the thriving, blooming festival is witness to revived connection with this past. The past sometimes painful but beautiful and missed by many.
Here is the program of the festival for those of you who may make it or are just interested.
program of Singer Festival 2012
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