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BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
Co-Presidents:
Bernard Korbman, OAM
Ezra May
Co-Vice-Presidents:
Izy Marmur
Estelle Rozinski
Treasurer:
Andrew Rajcher
Secretaries:
Lena Fiszman
Peter Schnall
Sydney Representative:
Estelle Rozinski
Members:
Moshe Fiszman
Eva Hussain
David Prince
Telephone:
+61 (0)3 9523 9573
Facsimile:
+61 (0)3 9528 2082
Email:
lfiszman@bigpond.net.au
Mailing Address:
PO Box 56,
Elsternwick, Vic., 3185,
Australia
DATES FOR THE DIARY
2019 MAJOR EVENTS
ASPJ INAUGURAL
ORATION 2019
(See details on this page)
and
ASPJ
GENEALOGY OPEN-DAY
August 2019
SPEAKERS PANEL
The ASPJ is pleased to be able to offer
many of our members as Speakers for your
organisation's or company's activity or
function.
Click HERE for
for more information.
WE WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS
Formerly known as
"The Worldwide Federation
of Polish Jews
(Australian Chapter)",
we have a new name, a new Constitution,
a new Statement
of Purpose and a new
generation of active members.
Based in Melbourne, Australia,
we invite all people, Jewish and
non-Jewish, whose roots lie
in Poland,to join our
reinvigorated organisation.
Click HERE for
Membership Application details.
DO YOU OR
YOUR FAMILY
HAVE ROOTS IN ....
Many of Poland's cities and towns
are, today, endeavouring to preserve
their Jewish history and heritage.
Some are now turning to the ASPJ
to assist them in their task of
collecting memoirs, photographs
and other documents.
To encourage their endeavours,
a new feature has been added to
this website to assist them in
contacting former residents or
their descendants.
Click HERE to read more.
OUR WEBSITE
We welcome your comments and suggestions
regarding the ASPJ website.
Feel free to email our Webmaster:
aragorn@axiomcs.com.au
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2018 HENRYK SŁAWIK AWARD PRESENTATION
The recipients of the 2018 Henryk Sławik Award, presented by the Australian
Society of Polish Jews & Their Descendants, were Marian Pawlik OAM and the Polish
Community Council of Victoria.
The Awards were presented at Melbourne's Jewish Holocaust Centre on 28th November 2017,
in the presence of the newly-appointed Polish Ambassador to Australia, Michał Kołodziejski
and three currently-serving members of the Polish Senate - Senator Elżbieta
Stępień, Senator Dr. Tomasz Latos and Senator Grzegorz Długi.
A special award was presented posthumously to the family of the late Andrew Korab, who sadly passed
away in January 2018. As the President of the Polish Club Albion, he was a good friend to the ASPJ
and a strong supporter of our efforts in bringing our communities together.
Click HERE for more words and pictures!
ASPJ AT MELBOURNE'S 2018 "IN ONE VOICE"
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The ASPJ took the opportunity to promotes ourselves at Melbourne
Jewish community's "In One Voice" event held in Elsternwick on
Sunday 18th March 2018.
While the pics here show pleasant weather, it did turn a little
nasty during the day. But despite that, our stall did arouse a
pleasing amount of interest amongst those who attended the event.
Our thanks to all those who helped out on the day!
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JANUSZ MAKUCH IN CONVERSATION WITH ARNOLD ZABLE
in its final event for 2017, ASPJ President Izydor Marmur (pic right) introduced Founder and
Director of the Kraków Festival of Jewish Culture, Janusz Makuch, in conversation with
Melbourne writer Arnold Zable.
Janusz spoke about the festival and what it means to Kraków and Poland in general . He also told
about his personal journey during the years in which he became involved with the project.
During the conversation, Arnold Zable also shared some of his own experiences during his visits to
Poland before and following the fall of communism and his observations of the changes that have taken place.
Click HERE for more words and pictures!
HONOURING THE POLISH RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS
On Wednesday 16th August 2017, around 150 people from Sydney's Polish and Jewish communities
filled the "Backyard Opera Gallery", in the Sydney suburb of Tempe, for the Official Opening of
the POLIN Museum's exhibition "They Risked Their Lives - Poles Who Saved Jews During the
Holocaust".
The event was co-hosted by the Polish Consulate-General in Sydney and the Australian Society of
Polish Jews & Their Descendants' (ASPJ). It was the first major event, in Sydney, to pay tribute
to the Polish Righteous Among the Nations. Master of Ceremonies was Polish Vice-Consul General
Marta Gubala-Kiec.
Polish Consul-General, Regina Jurkowska, welcomed everyone to the event and spoke at length about the
1,000 year long co-existence of Poles and Jews on Polish soil.
Click HERE for more words and pictures!
THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF POLISH-JEWISH DIALOGUE
- an Evening with Andrzej Folwarczny
The subject of Polish-Jewish relations and dialogue in contemporary Poland drew over 150 people
from Melbourne's Polish and Jewish communities to hear Andrzej Folwarczny, founder and CEO of Poland's
Forum For Dialogue.
Andrzej's address, the videos which he showed and the discussion which followed, featuring
well-known Melbourne journalist Michael Gawenda, told the story of his organisation's amazing work,
particularly with Polish young people.
Click HERE for more words and pictures!
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