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Jewish Social – Cultural Organisation in Poland

Towarzystwo Społeczno – Kulturalne Żydów w PolsceSlide2

Towarzystwo Społeczno Kulturalne Żydów is the greatest secular Jewish organisation

in

Poland

which

rose

in

1950 by

merging

two

former

organisations

– Centralnego Komitetu Żydów w Polsce (

Central Committee of Jews in Poland

) and Żydowskiego Towarzystwa Kultury i Sztuki (

The

Jewish Company of Culture and Art

).

It

was

modeled

on

Jewish

institutions

created

before

the

II

World

War.Slide3

Purposes of the organisation:Representing the Jewish populationDeveloping the

Jewish

culture

–

literature

,

the

art

and

the

science

Promoting

of

the

Yiddish

language

P

rotection

of the Jewish legacy in Poland

Fi

nancial

help and support for members of the

organisation

Resembling

about

the

Warsaw

Ghetto

Uprising

in

1944Slide4

For many years TSKŻ has been organising cultural events, celebration of anniversaries, exhibits of Jewish art, conferences and lectures, courses of Yiddish language

and

summer

camps

for

young

people

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Integration

among

people

with

the

Jewish

origin

is

very

important

for

the

organisation’s

members

. To

take

care

of

Yidish

language

the

organisation

formed

the

publishing

company „

Jidish

Buch”

in

1947

in

Łódź.Slide5

The organisation has 16 branches in Poland - among others in Wrocław, Katowice, Łódź, Wałbrzych, Szczecin, Gdańsk,

Cracow

,

Poznań

and

Częstochowa

. The registered office of the main management board of the

organi

s

ation

is located in Warsaw, in the building which rose in 1964-67

.

The

building is

located

in

the

Grzybowski

Square

which with

neighbouring

streets was a lively Jewish part of Warsaw before the Second World War

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In the registered office of the organization in Warsaw there is a library in which there are many books in both

the

Yiddish

and

Polish

languages

and a lot of photographs, documents and leaflets which

show the life

of

the Jewish community after

1945.

The

organisation

also

publishes

a

social

-

cultural

monthly

magazine

in

both

the

Yiddish

and

Polish

languages

,

called

„Słowo Żydowskie / Dos

Jidisze

Wort

”Slide7

Right after the end of the Second World War the

organisation

had

a big influence on

the

Jewish

community.

For a lot of decades

after

the

war

it

shaped the national identity of young Jews

.

It

also

supported Jewish schools where Jews were being taught

the

Yiddish

language

and

the

history

of

Jews

and

supported

the development of the culture.

It

is

an

institution

which

used

the

Yiddish

language

,

in

spite of a

common

opinion

that

it

is

already

dead

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One of the branches of the organisation is located in Częstochowa in Dąbrowskiego Street 4/9Slide9

Our students visit Social and Cultural Jews Organisation in Częstochowa very

often

.

There

they

participate

in

diffrent

meetings

,

celebrate

Jewish

holidays

,

listen

to

concerts

.

They

are

very

happy

that

they

had

abbility

to

learn

about

Jewish

culture

.

I’ll

write

more

about

that

visites

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Show „Nic Nowego” („Nothing New”)Pupils of our school , on 9th of December 2013 visited TSKŻ to see the performance of well-known Warsaw actor - Sławomir Holland which is well-known from roles in series and films. The actor presented familiar pieces incurred in the interwar period of such authors as Julian

Tuwim

or Marian

Hemar

. Pupils were enchanted, and this performance remained the unforgettable experience.Slide11
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HanukkahOn 22nd of November 2013 pupils of our school were invited to the celebration of the Hanukkah. For the occasion young people arrived from Warsaw and organised games and attractions. The meeting began at 17:30. At the beginning the historian

toldthe

Foundation about activity

of

Distribution Committee Joint (JDC) which is one of oldest and greatest international Jewish organizations

made

in the United States in 1914

(i

n Poland

in

1918

)

.

It

is supporting local associations and Jewish institutions. After the interesting lecture hosts prepared carrot-

coloured

cutlets a

nd

told about the Hanukkah. Participants in the holiday got the candlestick to the souvenir -

chanukiję

. The meeting was very interesting and inspiring.Slide13
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Historical Lecture On 23rd listopad 2013 students of our school, mainly of class

IIa

,

had

the

opportunity

to listen about how

childhood

of

Jewish

child

looked

like

during the communist era.

Halina

.... told the story of her parents

and

how they

had

survived the war

.

This

story was very sad

but extremely interesting.

Halina

... talked about their longing for family, which s

he

has

never

met

and the fact that now,

after

many years

of

the

Second

World

War,

she

can

understand the history of her ancestors. Guests also have the opportunity

to

hear traditional Jewish songs and see

Halina’s

photos and memorabilia

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The Passover Seder On15th of April 2014 three students of our school took part in the celebration of the Seder holiday. Seder

is a Jewish ritual feast that marks the beginning of the 

Jewis

h

holiday of 

Passov

er

. Girls took part in the dinner which consisted of traditional dishes. Two

rabbies

from New York and all Jewish families from

Częstochowa

were invited

to

celebrating and told remaining guests about the tradition of this holiday.

Uczniowie mieli możliwość uczestniczenia w zabawach i tańcach żydowskichSlide19
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