We are proud to release the third publication of Reflections, the AJC’s Annual Alumni Journal. The Auschwitz Jewish Center is operated by the Museum in Oświęcim, Poland. For additional blog entries by and about the Auschwitz Jewish Center, please visit: https://mjhnyc.org/tag/ajc. All Winter 2017 newsletter articles are found here.
By Dara Bramson, Auschwitz Jewish Center (AJC) Manager of Programs Abroad It was early 2010 when I visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage for the first time. The sweeping views and beautiful building amazed me, but I was focused on my purpose there: an interview for the AJC Fellows Program. I had just begun studying sociocultural … Continued
By Kevin Sooraj Puri, 2017 AJC ASAP Alum Growing up in an Indian family that practiced both Hinduism and Sikhism, there are many occasions where I remember an adult telling me to cover my head before I entered a holy space. “Beta, apane sir ko dhako,” my mother said when we would enter the gurudwara, a … Continued
Hometown: Thalheim bei Wels, Upper Austria What attracted you to the AJC? Primarily the location. You can fulfill your Holocaust Memorial Service anywhere in the world, but here you are immediately confronted with the crime. And when I researched the AJC I was especially fascinated because it completely changed my perspective on Auschwitz. Before, I … Continued
This greeting card from 1929 sends blessings for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur from Mordechai Neumark and his wife in Oświęcim. The family owned a paint store at 1 Kościelna Street. Learn more about the AJC’s artifacts and permanent exhibition here. The Auschwitz Jewish Center (AJC) in Oświęcim, operated by the Museum of Jewish Heritage — … Continued
