Events

The Great Synagogue on Tłomackie Street was located in the heart of the pre-war Jewish Warsaw and was a witness of its spiritual resistance and then death in the Holocaust. This important building was inaugurated over 140 years ago, on a special holiday for Jews — Rosh Hashanah (New Year), which this autumn is observed mid-September. Therefore, during this special time, we would like to remind you of this important place, which tragically became a symbol of the final liquidation of the Jewish quarter in May 1943.

During the event there will be a screening of a short film about the project „Synagogue in Oni (Georgia) — traces of Polish and Georgian heritage in Israel”, a photo exhibition by Radek Polak, and a meeting with project participants. The interdisciplinary project, initiated by the Jewish Historical Institute and implemented together with Polish, Georgian, and Israeli partners, shows how the Warsaw synagogue became an inspiration outside of Poland (in Georgia and Israel), in a way that keeps it alive, although a building of the synagogue no longer exists.

Participants: Anna Duńczyk-Szulc, dr Bartosz Borys (project coordinators, Jewish Historical Institute), dr Romana Rupiewicz i dr Magdalena Tarnowska (Institute of Art. History, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw), Radek Polak (photographer), Tadeusz Woleński (project coordinator, Polish Institute in Tel Aviv), Sarmen Beglarian (curator, Polish Modern-Art. Foundation), Maya Gordon (Polish-Jewish artist).

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Attention!

During the event, please follow sanitary rules! People with symptoms of infection, waiting for the results of coronavirus tests, under epidemiological supervision and in quarantine, are asked to stay at home.

The meeting is funded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage as part of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the closing of the Warsaw Ghetto

The project „Synagogue in Oni (Georgia) – traces of Polish and Georgian heritage in Israel” was co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the „Inspirational Culture” program

Partners:

University of Georgia in Tbilisi,

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage,

Cardinal Wyszyński University in Warsaw,

Polish Modern Art Foundation,

Polish Institute Tel Aviv,

Polish Institute in Tbilisi