The Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland is pleased to announce the publication of the Field Guide to Jewish Warsaw and Kraków. Nothing like it exists in the market today. The Guide represents an important part of the Warsaw-based Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland's vision of transmitting a living Polish Jewish heritage to future generations, and of engaging visitors in an ongoing conversation about the history and meaning of the Jewish experience on Polish lands. The Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland offers tours, based on the Guide and its walking routes in Warsaw and Krakow, to individuals, families and groups of all ages, introducing multiple perspectives and a wealth of resources which invite our visitors to encounter Jewish Poland and discover the thousand years of Jewish life and culture in Eastern Europe.
The Field Guide to Jewish Warsaw and Kraków includes a concise overview of the 1,000 years of Jewish life in Poland, color maps and detailed directions for 8 distinctive walking tours, descriptions and background of each stop along the way, including hundreds of historical and contemporary photographs, provocative discussion questions, personal reflections and quotations from Polish Jews who inhabited these places, and from those who live there today, an extensive glossary of terms, and comprehensive list of Jewish organizations partnering with the Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland.
The Field Guide to Jewish Warsaw and Kraków was underwritten by the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture and the Rothschild Foundation Europe. Contributors to the Field Guide include: Dr. Edyta Gawron (Jagiellonian University), Konstanty Gebert (Taube Scholar, Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland; Midrasz Magazine), Helise Lieberman (Director, Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland), Cantor Benjamin Matis, Magdalena Matuszewska (Program Manager, Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland), Rabbi Boaz Pash, Shana Penn (Executive Director, Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture; Visiting Scholar, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA), Dr. Karen Underhill (University of Illinois at Chicago), and Dr. William Zeisel.
For information, please contact: centrumtaubego@centrumtaubego.org.pl
