> Dear Safranim, > You are invited to attend a very exciting presentation in New York. > Please see the details below. > > Presentation of The Brama Cukermana Foundation’s activities by founders > Karolina and Piotr Jakoweńko > > Wednesday, October 22 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM > Bernard Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College > 1 W 4th St, New York, NY 10012 > Registration required, please write to [email protected] > to RSVP > > The meeting will be chaired by Menachem Z. Rosensaft — general counsel > emeritus of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and adjunct professor of law at > Cornell Law School. > > In 1943, the Będzin Ghetto Fighters House was the home of the Jewish > Combat Organization, Zionist Youth groups, and a center of resistance in > the Będzin Ghetto. Because of Karolina and Piotr’s efforts, this critical > site of Jewish memory has become a Living Memorial to Jewish rural > resistance and a vibrant Educational Center, with well over 10,000 student > visits projected for 2025. Common knowledge about Jewish underground > resistance during the Holocaust is limited to the history of the Warsaw > Ghetto Uprising. In their applied research, Karolina and Piotr focus on > less well-known narratives of Jewish struggle in rural Poland. Their > pioneering research explores themes of resilience, inspiring stories of > armed resistance by youth, often young women, fighting and living in the > Ghetto. These fighters were ready to resist deportation against all odds. > Despite modest weaponry, they fought the Nazis by armed fire, building > bunkers, organizing escapes, and aiding the Jews of Bedzin. Karolina and > Piotr will talk about the multifaceted significance that this remarkable > story can have in the contemporary struggle against anti-Semitism, engaging > and inspiring different voices: from local Polish audiences to young > Israelis and Jews around the world. > > Karolina and Piotr Jakoweńko - dedicated Polish researchers, educators, > and guardians of Polish Jewish heritage. Co-founded the Brama Cukermana > Foundation in 2008 in Będzin (Poland), where they discovered and renovated > a shtiebel (Jewish prayer house), opening it for visits. Their work, > continuous for 16 years, includes historical research, collecting survivor > and local non-Jewish Polish testimonies, organizing Holocaust Commemoration > activities, and publishing books and educational programing. Their work has > been recognized by The Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage; > The Embassy of Israel; The Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw; The > Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow; The Museum of the History of Polish Jews > POLIN; and B’nai B’rith International. They received The Warsaw Ghetto > Uprising Medal in 2024. > The event is co-organized with the Polish Cultural Institute New York. > > *The event is co-organized with the Polish Cultural Institute New York and > Hebrew Union College* > > > *if you have any questions please ask (mobile, whatsApp, email): +48 511 > 016 322 (Karolina)**Please send information to interested people.* > > Best wishes, see you in NYC, Karolina & Piotr. > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bramacukermana.com/new/foundation/__;!!KGKeukY!0wAT1X5E_Hul60nsvz_axQ1FhuHqH6Wy9qU-GO7yOuFYGTFR6n-XqkpeMgW3WBczNLW27eY8WPoXBjb2bBueIrk08A$ > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://instytutpolski.pl/newyork/2025/09/30/presentation-of-the-brama-cukermana-foundations-activities-by-founders-karolina-and-piotr-jakowenko/__;!!KGKeukY!0wAT1X5E_Hul60nsvz_axQ1FhuHqH6Wy9qU-GO7yOuFYGTFR6n-XqkpeMgW3WBczNLW27eY8WPoXBjb2bBvmxnmF1g$ > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://huc.edu/__;!!KGKeukY!0wAT1X5E_Hul60nsvz_axQ1FhuHqH6Wy9qU-GO7yOuFYGTFR6n-XqkpeMgW3WBczNLW27eY8WPoXBjb2bBulQG0BUw$ > > > > Sincerely, > > Amanda > -- > > *Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel* > > Librarian III - Instruction and Outreach > > Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111 > > Pronouns: she / her / hers > > The New York Public Library > Stephen A. Schwarzman Building > > 476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 > 212.930.0601 | x20601 > > nypl.org > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.nypl.org/locations/divisions/jewish-division__;!!KGKeukY!0wAT1X5E_Hul60nsvz_axQ1FhuHqH6Wy9qU-GO7yOuFYGTFR6n-XqkpeMgW3WBczNLW27eY8WPoXBjb2bBsrSa7R8g$ > > > > > > >
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