The Last Jew of Tarnów

Once, half of Tarnów’s people were Jews. Now, only two — maybe four — remain. Once, there were thirty synagogues:grand sanctuaries, humble shtiebels —prayer rooms tucked in homes,small houses of worshipwoven into daily life. Now, only fragments endure:a digital echo,the stone bima of the Old Synagogue —once the heart of prayer, nowa monument to silence. There were synagogues and communities of every kind —Traditional, Reform, Chasidic, Zionist —each a reflectionof…

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Walking Among Warsaw’s Memory &Monuments

From Day Four of our Charlotte Community Trip Monuments and museums in conversation,stone and story side by side.The Ghetto Uprising’s Heroes and Martyrs Memorialand the Polin Museum,where a thousand years…

A World of Shtetls Stolen—Tykocin

Once, shtetls dotted Poland — now only echoes remain. In 1522, a nobleman’s inkwelcomed ten Jewish families to Tykocin—to build commerce, to build community. A kahal* rose—commerce, culture, a court,…

Visiting What Cannot Be Seen

Warsaw 2025 A beautiful hotelrises where the small Warsaw Ghetto once stood. Beneath us—a graveyard.Six hundred thousand dead from World War II,their bones sometimes unearthedas foundations are laid for the…