Dnia 2 sierpnia 2018 roku w naszej Gminie gościliśmy
cudownych Przyjaciół z Nowego Jorku Alana i Ann, którzy podarowali dla Gminy
wyjątkowy prezent – Atarę na Torę.
Podczas wizyty Alana i Ann w Polsce i ich wycieczek
śladami przodków towarzyszył im przewodnik/tłumacz Pan Tomasz Laskowski (www.PoznanTours.com),
który jest także autorem zamieszczonych przez nas zdjęć./english version below/
On August 2, 2018, in our Jewish Community Center, we hosted
wonderful Friends from New York, Alan and Ann, who donated a unique gift for
the Community – Atara for Torah.
During the visit of Alan and Ann in Poland and their trips in the footsteps of
their ancestors, they were accompanied by a guide/translator, Mr. Tomasz
Laskowski (www.PoznanTours.com),
who is also the author of the photographs posted by us.
The Jewish
Community in Poznań received a decorative shield. An unusual and beautiful gift
was received by the Jewish Community in Poznań. This is a silver atara, or a
special ornament, which is applied to the Torah.
The donors
are representatives of the Jewish community in New York: Dr Alan Schramm,
psychology lecturer at JohnJay College of Criminal Justic and Ann Adenbaum.
They have been cooperating with the Poznań Jewish Community for two years.
This time they came to Poland, among others in order to participate in the
International Genealogical Conference that lasted from yesterday. Its
participants, over a thousand of whom came from different parts of the world,
take part in lectures and presentations and discuss, among others, about
searching for roots and their identity. Many of them will visit their
family cities at the same time. And the family roots of Alan Schramma also
reach Wielkopolska.
The organizer of the meeting, which is held for the
first time in East-Central Europe is the Associtation of Jewish
Genealogical Societies with the cooperation of the Jewish Historical Institute,
the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the Supreme Directorate of
the State Archives.
