I forgot to ask if you'll be shooting the next Bar Mitzvah there. :-)
Chuck Norutt
On 12/30/2011 6:06 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>
>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing:
>> http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog:
>> http://www.nathansmusings.eu
>>
>>
>>
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