A Homecoming - The Perelmuters in Poland

This week on edJEWcation we do something a but different, we discuss the vacation the Rabbi and ChayaLeah took. Ok, that may be underselling it a bit. In World War Two, roughly 90% of the 3 million Jews living in Poland at the time were murdered…the Rabbi is a child of two of those survivors. To commemorate their family and all the deceased Polish Jews, the Perelmuter family organized a family trip back to Poland to visit the places where they died and lived. On this episode we discuss: The Perelmuter’s family connections to Poland and the Holocaust Their visits to Auschwitz, Krakow, Lublin and Warsaw Cultural observations and heartbreaking stories from their travels The literal and proverbial Jewish graveyards they visited The resilience of Jewish identity and culture The complexities of faith for the survivors The fact that we won If you want to check out my t-shirt homage to Douglass Murray, you’ll need to watch the video version of the episode on Spotify or check out our YouTube page. Remember to send us questions and comments to our e-mail at [email protected]