Between July 2^nd-9^th 2010, Forum organized a study visit to Poland of Jewish leaders of public opinion from U.S. Among the participants, there were a Senior Vice President and a Dean of  International Business School at Brandeis University and a Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology at  Harvard University.

In the frame of the program, our guests visited Krakow, Warsaw, Oswiecim, Lowicz and Zelazowa Wola and met with the representatives of public, political, cultural and religious life in Poland, engaged in the Polish-Jewish dialogue, among them: father Wieslaw Dawidowski- rector of the Warsaw Archdiocese Pastoral Ministry Center for English-speaking Foreigners;  Mr. Konstanty Gebert, journalist and founder of Midrasz monthly; Mr. Maciej Kozlowski, Ambassador-at-Large for Polish-Jewish Relations at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland and prof. Dariusz Stola, vice-president of Collegium Civitas University.

Study trip participants had also a unique opportunity to participate in meetings with both the U.S. Ambassador in Poland, Mr. Lee Feinstein and Poland's Israeli Ambassador - Mr. Zvi Rav-Ner. A study tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau and sightseeing of the Jewish sights in Warsaw and Cracow were also on the schedule.

A visit to Lowicz, during which our guests were hosted by the town's mayor and introduced to local initiatives commemorating the pre-war Jewish past in this former shtetl  was conducted for the first time in the history of the program. Taking advantage of the Chopin Jubilee Year, Zelazowa Wola- the famous composer's birthplace- was visited on the way back to Warsaw.

Our guests also took part in an evening event devoted to the challenges of Polish economy organized jointly with Leslaw A. Paga Foundation in the headquarters of Warsaw Stock Exchange as well as the final concert of the 20^th Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow.

The Study Trip to Poland Program aims at strengthening the Polish-Jewish dialogue and promoting an objective image of Poland among the leaders of Jewish community.

We would like to thank the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland for supporting the project.