2012 "Henryk Sławik Award" Presentation
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The Henryk Sławik Award is presented in honour of the spirit of the life and deeds of Henryk Sławik, (saving over thirty thousand lives in occupied Hungary, five thousand of those being Jews). The ASPJ’s Board of Management of the ASPJ has decided to honour individuals who, or organisations which, have worked towards enhancing mutual respect and understanding between the Polish and Jewish communities.
The 2012 recipients of the Award were Lucyna Artymiuk and Krystyna Duszniak – both of Melbourne.
Lucyna Artymiuk was presented with her Award by the President of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, Nina Bassat, while Krystyna Duszniak was presented with her Award by Chairman of the Victorian Multicultural Commission, Chin Tan.
Speaking about their long involvement in the betterment of Polish-Jewish relations, Associate Professor Mark Bakerspoke about Krystyna Duszniak, while ASPJ Treasurer, Andrew Rajcher, spoke about Lucyna Artymiuk.
The ceremony was attended by members of both the Polish and Jewish communities.
Rabbi Maciej Pawlak - Rabbi/Director of Lauder-Morasha Jewish Schools in Warsaw
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The ASPJ was pivileged to host Rabbi Maciej Pawlak’s visit to Melbourne, intended to highlight the fact that there is an emerging Jewish community in Poland and that, like him, every day in Poland, someone else discovers their own Jewish identity.
The highlight of his visit was the public function in which Rabbi Pawlak was “in conversation” with Zeddy Lawrence, National Editor of the “Australian Jewish News”.
During his time in Melbourne, Rabbi Pawlak visited three of Melbourne's Jewish schools ....
At Bialik College
At Mount Scopus College
At Leibler-Yavneh College