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Sanford Jacoby is a professor at UCLA. He and his colleagues are trying to persuade Johns Hopkins University to stop honoring its former president, from 1935 to 1948.

On November 30, at 3 p.m., the next part of the “Virus of Hate” workshop will take place at the Big Data Institute of the University of Oxford.

Grzegorz Kwiatkowski will be a guest of the Forum for Dialogue. The event “Zoom in on the Forum: The Memory of Jewish Gdansk” moderated by Hanna Gospodarczyk will take place on November 15.

On December 18, Biuro Literackie will publish Grzegorz Kwiatkowski’s book “Zagadka”.

On November 16, at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw, a panel “Commemorating the History, Culture and Tradition of Jews” will be held.

Die polnische Band Trupa Trupa spielte im Wiener Chelsea. In Liedtexten geht es auch um die Internierung von Marta und Józef Kwiatkowski, Großtante und Großvater des Sängers Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, im Todeslager Stutthof. Seinen Gedichtband »brennend« sieht er als Signal »that history is still alive«.

„This is one of the best Polish bands. Their music is also appreciated outside our country, e.g. in the United States. I know how they perform at concerts in the West and what specialized, respected music magazines write about them.

CNN commentator and New York University Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat asked me to comment on the Polish elections:

“This was one of the most brutal political campaigns in Polish history. Hate speech was present in this campaign almost every day.”

The “More light” university tour comes to Los Angeles! Please feel invited to a meeting at the University of California at the Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies on the 6th of December.