The 4th annual Polish Jewish Studies Workshop took place on April 2-4 at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor and gathered distinguished and aspiring scholars in the field of the humanities and social sciences from top universities in America, Poland, Canada, and Israel, who presented their papers on recent advances in research and teaching at the crossroads of the Polish and Jewish studies.
The graphic novel Karski’s Mission: To Stop the Holocaust, published by the Jan Karski Educational Foundation in 2015, has been awarded a Silver Medal by 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards.
David Harris, CEO of the AJC and member of the JKEF’s Advisory Board, presented the AJC’s Jan Karski Award to Andrzej Folwarczny, during a gala which celebrated the opening of an AJC office in Warsaw.
Students of an elementary school in Tuszyn, a small town near Karski’s hometown of Łódź, Poland, learn about Karski through the comic book "Karski's Mission: To Stop the Holocaust."
In this interview, the Emmy award winning director Sławomir Grünberg shares his impressions from the showings of his documentary “Karski & The Lords of Humanity.”
Middle school students from Bonita Springs Charter School (Bonita Springs, FL) learn about Karski’s life and mission and to deepen their understanding of the historical context, while viewing the exhibit "The World Knew: Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity" at the Holocaust Museum and Education Center of Southwest Florida.
The Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE), an international program that addresses contemporary ethical issues that professionals face, presented its 2017 FASPE Ethical Leadership Award on January 30 to Jan Karski, posthumously.
The Jan Karski Polish School in Palos Hills, Illinois, has recently added the graphic novel "Karski’s Mission: to Stop the Holocaust" to its curriculum.
