The Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland is proud to announce the 2013 recipients of grants from its Sefarim Book Publishing Project. They are as follows:
- Halina Grubowska "Rzecz o Irenie Sendlerowej" ("About Irena Sendlerowa")
- Erica Lehrer "Pamiątka, Zabawka, Talizman" ("Souvenir, Talisman, Toy")
- Paweł Maciejko "The Mixed Multitude. Jacob Frank and the Frankist Movement, 1755–1816"
- Irena Wiszniewska-Buvet "My, Żydzi z Polski" ("We, Jews from Poland")
- Anna Sommer Schneider "Ocalić ostatnich Żydów Polskich. Działalność American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Poland w latach 1945-1989" ("Saving the Remnant of Polish Jewry. The Activities of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Poland, 1945-1989")
- Joanna Mazurkiewicz (translation) - Nahma Sandrow "Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theatre"
The Sefarim Book Project is co-funded by the Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund, the Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland, and the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture.
The books awarded in 2013 will be published in 2014 (and one in 2015). The Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland is currently planning book events around the release of each publication. Please look for announcements on the Taube Center's website and Facebook page.
The Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture congratulates the recipients of the 2013 awards.