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Photos from the opening of the exhibition in the Wiśniowa Library – “Call me Isza. Femininity: the Jewish-Polish Women’s Heritage”
We would like to thank the Janina Czaja Municipal Library in Wiśniowa for the opportunity to present the exhibition and for the great amount of […]
Visit our exhibition at the Community Centre of Culture and Sport in Dobczyce as part of the project “Call me Isza. Femininity: The Jewish-Polish Women’s Heritage”
JEWISH WOMEN FROM DOBCZYCE They ran homes, raised children, helped in the family business, supported each other and worked together in the community. As an […]
Visit our exhibition as part of the project “Call me Isza. Femininity: the Jewish-Polish Women’s Heritage”
The ARTS Foundation and the Janina Czaja Municipal Library in Wiśniowa invite you to the opening of the exhibition organised as part of the project […]
Report from the opening of the exhibition “Call me Isza. Femininity: the Jewish-Polish Women’s Heritage”
Here you can enjoy a photo report from the opening of the exhibition “Call me Isza. Femininity: the Jewish-Polish Women’s Heritage” and Anna Kapusta’s workshop […]
Olga Weinman. FROM THE SERIES: HEROINES OF OUR ARCHIVE
Olga Weinman (first from right) – daughter of Rachela Weinman, sister of Dow Weinman, assimilated Myślenice Jew. She attended the local primary and secondary schools […]
JOIN US ON 16 FEBRUARY 2024!
The ARTS Foundation and the Center of Culture and Sport in Myślenice would like to invite you to the opening of an exhibition organised as […]
Goldwasser Mina. FROM THE SERIES: HEROINES OF OUR ARCHIVE
Mina of the Weinherbers / Alwernia, Kraków / Goldwasserowa Mother of Adam Goldwasser Wife of Łazarz Goldwasser A woman known to the whole of inter-war […]
Agnieszka Cahn joins our project
As part of our project we have started to cooperate with Agnieszka Cahn née Kwinta. Agnieszka is the co-founder and vice-president of the Wspólnota Myślenice […]
Meeting at the Castle in Dobczyce
On the evening of 23 August, the descendants of Jews from Dobczyce and local residents gathered at the Dobczyce Castle to reminisce about their relatives […]
The bunkers in Kornatka
On 23 August we visited the bunkers in Kornatka together with special guests – descendants of the Jews who used to live in Dobczyce. Kornatka […]
Boat trip ”Cruise of Remembrance’
On the 23rd of August 2023, a boat trip ”Cruise of Remembrance” took place through the former Jewish quarter of Podgóra (now Lake Dobczyce), in […]
Event in connection with the project “Call me Isza. Femininity: the Jewish-Polish Women’s heritage” in the Wiśniowa Synagogue
On behalf of the The Art, Adventure and Pleasure Foundation ARTS, the project partner of the “Mykwa” Memorial Committee and the EVZ Foundation from Berlin […]
Elżbieta Polończyk-Moskal joins our project
As part of our project we have started to cooperate with Elżbieta Polończyk-Moskal. Elżbieta is a resident of Dobczyce, author of the book “Świece zgasiła […]
A lecture about the Jews and Jewish women from Dobczyce with a focus on herstories.
The meeting with representatives of organisations, informal groups of residents of Dobczyce and surrounding towns took place on 4 August 2023 in the Town […]
PH. D. karolina panz joins our project
Our project “Call me Isza. Femininity: the Jewish-Polish Women’s Heritage” is not an easy undertaking. We are dealing with an extremely difficult subject: the Jewish-Polish […]
CALL ME ISZA – WEBINAR WITH THE LEADERS OF DIALOGUE FROM MALOPOLSKA
The project “Call me Isza. Femininity: the Jewish-Polish Women’s Heritage” is gaining momentum! We have had weeks of preparation, hours of archiving materials and the […]
The 9th National Leaders of Dialogue Conference
On 16-18 June 2023 a member of our team, Agnieszka Wargowska-Dudek, participated in the 9th National Leaders Dialogue Conference, which is a cyclical event organised […]
Helena Smigla. FROM THE SERIES: HEROINES OF OUR ARCHIVE
The next heroine of the Project Archive is here: Helena Śmigla (née Kus) – dressmaker, embroiderer, farmer and market trader from Wiśniowa. Helena was born […]
ADA NADEL-HECHT. FROM THE SERIES: HEROINES OF OUR ARCHIVE
Intelligent. Educated. Courageous. These words describe one of the heroines in our archive. Meet Ada Nadel-Hecht – a woman who never held a gun, but […]
Jochewed Kluger. FROM THE SERIES: HEROINES OF OUR ARCHIVE
Translation coming soon. We invite you to explore all of the Karolina’s archives HERE.
Karolina Soldinger. From the series: heroines of our archive
The heroine of today’s entry is Karolina Silberstein – a woman who, despite the silver in her name, definitely deserves gold in the perseverance category. […]
Mina Thaler – The main character of the first entry in the Community Archives
It is with great pride that we present our first archive collection in a project on zbioryspołeczne.pl! Mina Thaler, shown in the photo, is the […]
Strengthening Partnerships – Meet our Honorary Patrons
In every project, it is important to have the support of other organisations and institutions that work together with the organisers to achieve the goal […]
Żeńszczyzna (femininity) – a brief look at the etymology of the word
Lady, maiden, girl, woman – in one word: żeńszczyzna. Polish “żeńszczyzna”, a rough equivalent to English “femininity”, is one of the earliest terms for women […]
Call me Isza… and create an archive with me!
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Art, Adventure and Pleasure Foundation ARTS – the leader of this initiative – is happy and proud to announce that the […]