JRI-PL Digest for Sunday, February 21, 2021.
1. Forum for Dialogue Zoom: Virtual tour of Lodz
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Subject: Forum for Dialogue Zoom: Virtual tour of Lodz
From: Mark Halpern <mark@halpern.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:03:06 -0500
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Dear Fellow Genealogists:
Whether you have ancestry from Lodz or not, you don't want to miss this
online tour of Jewish Lodz, the second most important Jewish city in
Poland after Warsaw. I have been on tours with the Forum for Dialogue
and their tours are just first rate even online.
Join me this Thursday at 10 am Pacific time, 1 pm Eastern time, 6 pm in
UK, 8 pm in Israel for a very worthwhile hour.
Mark Halpern
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FORUM FOR DIALOGUE
As the travel restrictions still hinder our international friends from
visiting Poland in person, I would like to invite you to a virtual tour
of another Polish city with a rich Jewish heritage and a special place
in the history of Polish Jews. We feel that virtual tours of Warsaw and
Krakow we hosted last summer were a great success, therefore let me
invite you to our Zoom in on the Forum session devoted to Lodz and its
20th century history.
Our guest, Milena Wicepolska-Goralczyk, Lodz tour guide and a
genealogist, will walk us through the rise of "Polish Manchester" as a
significant social and industrial center with vibrant Jewish community
and its tragedy during the Nazi occupation with the creation of
Litzmannstadt Ghetto.
Join us next Thursday, February 25th, at 10 am Pacific, 12 pm Central, 1
pm Eastern, 7 pm Warsaw, 8 pm Tel-Aviv time for a session about Lodz.
REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM
Milena Wicepolska-Goralczyk, graduate of English Philology and History,
is a tour guide and a Jewish genealogy researcher with more than 10
years of experience. She has cooperated with numerous organizations,
such as Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning, Center of Jewish
Research in Lodz, Jewish Historical Institute, University of Lodz,
University of Michigan, University of Haifa.
Do not hesitate to share this information with people who might be
interested in joining this session!
Looking forward to meeting you on Thursday,
Olga
Olga Kaczmarek
Director General
