Jewish social – cultural organisation is the greatest secular Jewish organisation inPoland which rose in 1950 by merging twoformer organisations – Centralnego Komitetu Żydów w Polsce (Central Committee of Jews in Poland) and Żydowskiego Towarzystwa Kultury i Sztuki (The Jewish Company of Culture and Art). It was modeled on Jewishinstitutions created before the II World War.

Representing the Jewish population

Developing the Jewish culture – literature, the

art and the science

Promoting of the Yiddish language

Protection of the Jewish legacy in Poland

Financial help and support for members of the

organisation

Resembling about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

in 1944

For many years TSKŻ has been organising

cultural events, celebration of anniversaries,

exhibits of Jewish art, conferences and lectures,

courses of Yiddish language and summer

camps for young people. Integration among

people with the Jewish origin is very important

for the organisation’s members. To take care of

Yidish language the organisation formed the

publishing company „Jidish Buch” in 1947 in

Łódź.

The organisation has 16 branches in Poland -among others in Wrocław, Katowice, Łódź, Wałbrzych, Szczecin, Gdańsk, Cracow, Poznańand Częstochowa. The registered office of the main management board of the organisation is located in Warsaw, in the building which rose in 1964-67. The building is located in theGrzybowski Square which with neighbouringstreets was a lively Jewish part of Warsaw before the Second World War.

In the registered office of the organization in

Warsaw there is a library in which there are

many books in both the Yiddish and Polish

languages and a lot of photographs, documents

and leaflets which show the life of the Jewish

community after 1945. The organisation also

publishes a social - cultural monthly magazine

in both the Yiddish and Polish languages,

called „Słowo Żydowskie / Dos Jidisze Wort”

Right after the end of the Second World War the organisation had a big influence on theJewish community. For a lot of decades afterthe war it shaped the national identity of young Jews. It also supported Jewish schools where Jews were being taught the Yiddish languageand the history of Jews and supported the development of the culture. It is an institutionwhich used the Yiddish language, in spite of a common opinion that it is already dead.

One of the branches

of the organisation is

located in

Częstochowa in

Dąbrowskiego Street

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Our students visit Social and Cultural Jews

Organisation in Częstochowa very often.

There they participate in diffrent meetings,

celebrate Jewish holidays, listen to concerts.

They are very happy that they had abbility to

learn about Jewish culture. I’ll write more

about that visites.

Pupils of our school , on 9th of December 2013 visited TSKŻ to see the performance of well-known Warsaw actor - Sławomir Holland which is well-known from roles in series and films. The actor presented familiar pieces incurred in the interwar period of such authors as Julian Tuwim or Marian Hemar. Pupils were enchanted, and this performance remained the unforgettable experience.

On 22nd of November 2013 pupils of our school were invited to the celebration of the Hanukkah. For the occasion young people arrived from Warsaw andorganised games and attractions. The meeting began at 17:30. At the beginning the historian toldthe Foundation about activity of Distribution Committee Joint (JDC) which is one of oldest and greatest international Jewish organizations made in the United States in 1914 (in Poland in 1918). It is supporting local associations and Jewish institutions. After the interesting lecture hosts prepared carrot-coloured cutlets and told about the Hanukkah. Participants in the holiday got the candlestick to the souvenir - chanukiję. The meeting was very interesting and inspiring.

On 23rd listopad 2013 students of our school, mainly of class IIa, had the opportunity to listen about how childhood of Jewish child looked likeduring the communist era. Halina .... told the story of her parents and how they had survived the war. This story was very sad but extremely interesting. Halina ... talked about their longing for family, which she has never met and the fact that now, aftermany years of the Second World War, she canunderstand the history of her ancestors. Guests also have the opportunity to hear traditional Jewish songs and see Halina’s photos and memorabilia.

On15th of April 2014 three students of our school took part in the celebration of the Seder holiday. Seder is a Jewish ritual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewishholiday of Passover. Girls took part in the dinner which consisted of traditional dishes. Two rabbies from New York and all Jewish families from Częstochowa were invited to celebrating and told remaining guests about the tradition of this holiday. Uczniowie mieli możliwość uczestniczenia w zabawach i tańcach żydowskich