That's a beautiful building.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/30/2011 3:57 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I was born in the city of Wrocław in south-western Poland in 1960.
> Following a government-sponsored anti-Semitic campaign in the late
> 60s, my parents and I emigrated to Denmark in 1972. My sister did not
> go with us, and she still lives in the city of my birth. Of course,
> today it is an entirely different world. Wrocław is a city of almost
> 700.000 people, located in one of the most dynamic regions in one the
> most dynamic countries anywhere in the Western world. The Jewish
> population of the city had dwindled to almost nothing by the late
> 1980s, but in recent years there has been a remarkable revival, due
> mainly to people re-discovering their ancestry and a bit of return
> migration. One tangible proof is the old synagogue "Pod Białym
> Bocianem" ("the white stork") which had fallen into disrepair until a
> Norwegian singer took up the cause and started a foundation that
> spearheaded the renovation of the temple. The work was completed last
> year and the result can be seen here:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#1652231741_kL7C5bg-O-LB
>
> The congregation has about 400 members, small fry by US standards,
> but a remarkable revival considering the circumstances. There is also
> a Jewish school in Wrocław, a good indication that the community has
> a future.
>
> Cheers, Nathan
>
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