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1918 • CENTENNIAL OF POLAND’SPOLISH REBIRTH AMERICAN JOURNAL • 2018 • FEBRUARY 2018 www.polamjournal.com 1 PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT BOSTON, NEW YORK NEW BOSTON, AT PAID PERIODICAL POSTAGE POLISH AMERICAN OFFICES AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY JOURNALDEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE HAMTRAMCK’S MAJEWSKI RISES ABOvE THE FRAY ESTABLISHED 1911 FEBRUARY 2018 • VOL. 107, NO. 2 • $2.25 www.polamjournal.com PAGE 2 PAC TAKES STANCE AGAINST JUST ACT • CHURCH ATTENDANCE DROPS SLIGHTLY • ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR EXAMINED PRICELESS FOLK COSTUMES STOLEN • FINE DINING, À LA POLONAISE • MARCH 11 CONCERT TO HONOR CHOPIN STOCH WINS SILvER AT SKI FLYING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS • USING THE INTERNET FOR GENEALOGY RESEARCH Newsmark PAHA Presents its 2017 The Right Direction Awards at PENCE, MORAWIECKI DISCUSS CENTENNIAL, 75th Annual Meeting TRADE, AND NATO. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke by phone, Jan. 12, with Polish Prime Minister LOS ANGELES – During its 75th Mateusz Morawiecki. The vice president congratulated Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Morawiecki on his appointment as prime minister and the (January 4-7, 2018), the Polish Ameri- people of Poland on the 2018 centennial of Poland’s re- can Historical Association announced assertion of its independence. The leaders expressed their the winners of its Annual Awards. The desire to increase bilateral trade and investment on the ba- PAHA Annual Meeting, held in conjunc- sis of market principles and shared democratic values in- tion with the 132nd Annual Meeting of cluding the rule of law. The vice president thanked Poland the American Historical Association, for its leadership on burden-sharing at NATO and its sup- also featured eleven sessions with schol- port for the U.S. troop presence in Poland, and the leaders arly presentations looked forward to working together to combat threats to about diverse as- international peace and security during Poland’s term on pects of Polish the UN Security Council. American history and culture. vOX POPULI. Poland’s ruling Law & Justice, and Hun- After a wel- gary’s Fidesz parties are both enjoying high ratings in na- Grace Zofia Alberti (right), 16, , speaks to cast members during her directorial de- come by His tional opinion polls conducted in each country. Excellency the but. The Saratoga Springs, N.Y. high school junior will present a play this summer Miecislaus Haiman Mateusz Morawiecki (Poland) and Victor Orban (Hun- based on the young women of the Warsaw Uprising. Ambassador of gary) have mutually strong economic policies, tough anti- the Republic of award medal. migrant policies and both stand strong against recent de- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — an original play based upon the young Poland, Prof. Pi- crees by other EU member countries. Both Hungary and Grace Zofi a Alberti, 16, is a junior at women who fought in the Warsaw Up- otr Wilczek, the awards were presented Poland stand fi rm against and adamantly reject charges Saratoga Springs High School, but that rising during World War II. Auditions by PAHA president, Dr. Anna Mazurkie- that their policies undermine both the rule of law and de- hasn’t stopped her from starting her own for the play will be held on February 3, wicz of the University of Gdańsk, assist- mocracy. During a joint news conference after their talks theatre company. 2018 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at Bloom Fit- ed by Dr. Pien Versteegh, PAHA execu- in Budapest, Orban and Morawiecki voiced their mutual Alberti formed Ad Astra Theatre ness Boutique, 153 Regent St., Saratoga tive director. agreement on what they view as the EU’s infringement on Troupe, Ltd. in 2017 in order to give Springs. There are 13 roles for teen girls The Oskar Halecki Prize recognizes sovereign decisions of individual states. area teens an opportunity to take lead- and boys, and there will be a small en- an important book or monograph on the Prime Minister Morawiecki was recently appointed to ership in direction, play-writing, acting, semble. To register for the auditions, see Polish experience in the United States. his current position. Orban is widely expected to win an- set and costume design and stage man- the Ad Astra Theatre Troupe web site, Eligibility is limited to works of his- other four years in Hungary’s upcoming April election. agement. Last May, Ad Astra success- www.adastratroupe.org or email adas- torical and/or cultural interest, including fully staged Jeremy Bloom’s Peter/Wen- [email protected]. those in the social sciences or humani- FINDINg: EXPLOSION DESTROYED WINg OF ILL- dy at the Saratoga Springs High School Alberti, who is of Polish and Italian ties, published in the two years prior to FATED PLANE. A commission investigating the fatal Teaching Auditorium. Peter/Wendy was heritage, is fascinated by Polish history. the award. The 2018 Halecki Prize has crash of the Polish president’s plane in 2010 said the jet’s Alberti’s directorial debut. She has been a volunteer and performer been presented to Dr. Joanna Wojdon left wing was destroyed as a result of an explosion on After searching for the right 2018 at the Latham, N.Y. PolishFest for many for her book White and Red Umbrel- board. The explosion had “several sources” on the plane, project, Alberti and troupe member, Cat- years and it was there that she met the la: The Polish American Congress in which crashed near the western Russian city of Smolensk ie LeCours, a senior at Niskayuna High historians who are reviewing and advis- the Cold War Era 1944-1988 (Helena on April 10, 2010, killing Polish President Lech Kaczyński School, teamed up with SUNY Adiron- and 95 others. dack professor, Lâle Davidson, to create See “Alberti ...,” page 2 See “PAHA Presents ...,” page 3 “These conclusions were adopted by the members [of the commission] and constitute one of the key conclusions of [its] technical report,” the commission said. “Constructive” In April of last year, the commission said that the presi- Pączki Perfect! Talks Held Between by Staś Kmieć joyfully proclaim “Pączki Day!” I am dential plane was probably destroyed by a mid-air explo- on a mission to gather up a representa- sion, and that Russian air traffi c controllers deliberately Poland and EU Even though pączki can be translated tion of these delicious pastries for a taste misled Polish pilots about their location as they neared the BRUSSELS — Polish Prime Minis- as “doughnuts,” don’t be fooled! test. It is not rare that wherever I may be runway. They are simply not the same. in my travels, if there is a pączek to be A Russian report placed all the blame on the Poles. ter Mateusz Morawiecki and European Commission President Jean-Claude Pączki have a much richer fl avor be- found, I’ll try it. But today, I’m stock- cause the yeasty dough is egg-rich to ing up not only to expand my waistline WILSON COMMEMORATED. Juncker held what offi cials hailed as a The American embassy in produce a texture that won’t collapse in anticipation of the 40-day fast period Warsaw presented a plaque honoring former U.S. Presi- “constructive” meeting amid concerns over the rule of law in Poland. when you bite into of Post (Lent), but dent Woodrow Wilson and his contribution to Poland’s in- it. Their shape is for research. dependence. During their meeting in Brussels, Morawiecki said he explained to Junck- more like a sphere The area has The plaque, which U.S. Ambassador Paul Jones pre- and is bigger and many fi ne estab- sented to the city of Warsaw, was designed to commemo- er “very clearly” Poland’s justice system reforms aimed for “more transparency, plumper. Any lishments for such rate Wilson for his role in championing the independence claim to them be- as quest. Syrena of Poland, regained in 1918 after more than 120 years of more independence, more objectivity and more cost effi ciency.” ing “just a jelly Bakery is an Old- foreign rule. doughnut,” prob- World dessert and The presentation was made January 8, 100 years since The European Commission in De- cember took the unprecedented step of ably means the bread haven with President Wilson’s famous “Fourteen Points” address to eater hasn’t had a sizable store- the U.S. Congress, in which he called for Poland’s inde- triggering Article 7 of the EU Treaty against Poland, stepping up pressure on the real thing. front area situated pendence. W a l k i n g within an immense Point 13 of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points Declara- Warsaw over controversial changes to through Green- Author Staś Kmieć scoured the streets of “factory” kitchen tion spoke of the need to establish an independent Polish the judicial system by the country’s rul- point – Brooklyn, Greenppoint-Brooklyn in search of the building – where state, “which should include the territories inhabited by ing conservatives. still predominantly peerless pączek. Where he found it will behind the curtain, indisputably Polish population, which should be assured The move means that the EU’s ex- ecutive wants the bloc’s member states a Polish enclave, I surprise you. the magic occurs. a free and secure access to the sea and whose political and am struck by the It’s like time travel economic independence and territorial integrity should be to declare that the rule of law in Poland is under threat. number of bakeries still in operation. into the past to experience the baking guaranteed by international covenant.” New York City’s “Little Poland” is rap- of my beloved Babcia. The authen- The United States was the fi rst country to recognize Po- Poland has reformed laws govern- ing district courts, the Supreme Court idly gentrifying, but its rich culture and tic Old Poland Bakery – a very small land’s independence after World War I.