Thanks to the courtesy of the General Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles, Forum's President- Andrzej Folwarczny was one of the guest speakers at an event devoted to contemporary Jewish life in Poland in Encino, near Los Angeles,  organized by congregation Valley Beth Shalom with the support of the Harold M. Schulweiss Institute. On May 26^th 400 persons gathered in a synagogue to take part in a meeting "An Evening of Hope: Jewish Revival in Poland" to discuss the Polish- Jewish relations and the re-birth of Jewish life in Poland.