HOW POLISH MONTHS GOT THEIRPOLISH NAMES AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2017 www.polamjournal.com 1 PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT BOSTON, NEW YORK NEW BOSTON, AT PAID PERIODICAL POSTAGE POLISH AMERICAN OFFICES AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE JOURNAL THANKS TO KONOPKA, PIEROGI“CADDYSHACK” POTENTATE IS STILL PASSES A ESTABLISHED 1911 JANUARY 2017 • VOL. 106, NO. 1 | $2.00 www.polamjournal.com FAVORITEPAGE — 10 PAGE 12 POLISH TRUCKER TRIED TO PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACK IN BERLIN• POPE NOMINATES NEW KRAKÓW ARCHBISHOP A PAINTING’S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY • REMEMBERING BLOCHOWIAK DAIRY COMPANY • HOLOCAUST DISCUSSION AT UN A RECIPE AND A DREAM • THE CONNECTICUT TWINS • THE POLISH CHRISTMAS CAROL: GOD’S TIME OVERTURNS OURS PAJF Bal Maskowy in Milwaukee Skulimowski Newsmark Accepting is New KF GIULIANI MEETS WITH KACZYNSKI. The head of Po- Journalism President land’s governing party met with Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who is now a close adviser to U.S. and Arts President-elect Donald Trump. Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on state TV 1 that the talks Scholarship held in Warsaw focused on politics, relations with Russia Applications and energy, a sector where Poland is seeking to end its de- pendence on imports of Russian oil and gas. BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Kaczynski says he was reassured by Giuliani that Po- Polish American Journal land’s interests will be secured. Foundation (PAJF) is accept- Deputy Senate Speaker Adam Bielan said on Twitter ing applications for scholar- that it was two hours of “good talks on Polish-US rela- ships for college students of tions.” Polish or Polish American Poland’s conservative government has hailed Trump’s descent. The $1,500 scholar- election as a chance for even better relations with Wash- ships are available to under- ington. graduate and graduate stu- Guliani was in Warsaw for anniversary celebrations at dents majoring in journalism the Greenberg Traurig law fi rm. (AP). (print news, broadcast news, or advertising/public rela- Skulimowski tions in either print or elec- MISSILE MAKER RAYTHEON, POLAND, SIGN DEAL. NEW YORK — The Kos- tronic media); and the arts Poland and the U.S. Patriot missile maker Raytheon have PHOTO: GOSIA’S HEART PHOTOGRAPHY ciuszko Foundation board of (literature, including poetry, signed a letter of intent to cooperate in production that trustees elected Marek Skuli- drama, story, etc.); visual arts could pave the way for the purchase of missiles. mowski as its new president (painting, drawing, sculpture, Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said the step and executive director. Born etc.); graphic arts (painting, brings Poland closer to buying a number of medium-range in Lubaczów, Poland, Skuli- drawing, design, sculpture, Patriot missiles for its air defense, but doesn’t mean the mowski previously served as modeling, etc.); and perform- deal is done. Poland is bolstering its defense capabilities in deputy consul general of the ing arts (theatre, dance, mu- the face of neighboring Russia’s military activity. Republic of Poland in New sic, etc.). The deal signed December 1 provides for Poland’s Au- York, and as political coun- Applications will be ac- tosan company, part of an armaments consortium, to pro- selor at the Embassy of Po- cepted from January to April duce some parts for Raytheon. land in Tel Aviv, Israel. 30, 2017 with winners an- Duane and Slavka Tomka dance “Tango Milonga” in prepa- The move comes after Poland recently pulled out from With his experience as the nounced on May 31, 2017. ration for The Syrena Polish Folk Dance Ensemble’s “Bal Mas- advanced talks with France-based Airbus Helicopters over director of U.S. operations for Funds will be dispersed to the kowy,” which will take place Saturday, February 11, 2017 at a $3.5 billion deal to buy combat aircraft. It said, without INGLOT Cosmetics for the winners upon proof of full- the Grand Ballroom of the Wisconsin Club, Milwaukee. The providing details, that it would have gone against national past fi ve years, Skulimowski time studies at an accredited event with honor the group’s director, famed choreogra- security interests. (AP) brings an extensive business institution. pher, and folklorist Ada Dziewanowska, in celebration of and management background her 100th birthday. A special presentation honoring her OPPOSITION COMMITTEE CALLS ON POLES TO to the organization. During ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible, legacy, prepared by director-choreographer Staś Kmieć, will DEFY GOVERNMENT. The self-styled Committee for his tenure, he expanded the the applicant must: highlight the evening. For tickets and details, contact nan- the Defense of Democracy (KOD), which has been per- Polish company’s business manently protesting against the government since Law and • be an American citizen, [email protected] or (414) 225-9440. An online ticket See “New KF ...” page 4 Justice won the October 2015 election, late in 2016 called See “PAJF ...,” page 4 link is available at: www.syrenadancers.com. on the Polish nation to take to the streets of Polish cities to mark the 35th anniversary of martial law. KOD leader Mateusz Kijowski directly appealed to the army, police, of- A Jewish Renaissance in Poland fi cials, unions, parents, teachers and other groups to cease by Margaret Guzek ents with Jewish lineage — obeying Poland’s democratically elected government. WARSAW — Something often kept secret during the interesting is happening in Holocaust, and then under the HUMAN BONES DISCOVERED. Human remains were Poland. While Jews in other imposed communist regime discovered during excavation for a subway in the Warsaw European countries such as — are telling children about suburb of Wola. The bones are believed to belong to vic- France and Germany are fac- their background, helping tims (mostly the elderly, women and children) of a World ing increasing anti-semitism, this number to grow. War II massacre perpetrated by German Nazis during the support for Jewish culture “The Second World War early phase of the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occu- in Poland is fl ourishing. In a and then communism was piers. The Wola massacre of tens of thousands (estimated country considered by some always quite bad for Jews, between 40,000-50,000) of Polish civilians and captured as unkind to Jews, observers so I think my parents were Home Army resistance fi ghters took place between August are taking note. It’s not only waiting for us to maybe be 5-12, 1944. safe to be Jewish in Poland, old enough to get that,” says it’s become cool. Andrzej Lipson, a 28-year EXTRADITION DENIED. The Polish Supreme Court re- The Jewish revival — old resident of Warsaw who jected a bid to extradite fi lmmaker Roman Polanski to the which began cautiously in learned six years ago that United States. American offi cials have been pursuing the 1989 with the fall of com- his paternal grandfather was now 83-year-old Polish-French Oscar-winner ever since munism but has gained trac- Jewish. he fl ed the United States in 1978 following his conviction Rabbi Michael Schudrich, the chief rabbi of Poland, and Hillel tion in recent years — is even To provide an avenue for participants on a boat docked on the Vistula River reading a for unlawful sexual relations with a minor, seeking to have more intriguing because in its young adults such as Lipson him deported from Poland (the country of his birth) and blessing during the Tashlich ceremony on October 9, 2016. midst, Poland is rediscover- to explore Jewish identity, Traditionally observed between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kip- sent back to the United States. ing its Jewish legacy. Hillel International, an orga- Jerzy Stachowicz, one of Polanski’s lawyers said “We pur, the ceremony includes the casting away of sins from the Before the Holocaust, the nization that builds commu- previous year by tossing pieces of bread into a body of water. feel relief. As of today, the case is closed once and for all. country was home to 3.3 mil- nity among Jewish students, This is game over, at least in Poland.” lion Jews. Today, the Jewish opened a Hillel center in War- national Hillels serve young dinners, celebrations on Rosh France and Switzerland are two other countries where community (which includes saw last April. Founded in Jews ages 18 to 30 in a partic- Hashanah and Passover, and Polanski can live and work free of the threat of extradition. a person practicing Judaism 1923, Hillel is active on 550 ular city, rather than a specifi c lectures on Jewish history. France does not have an extradition treaty with the United on some level) is estimated at college campuses through- college campus). Hillel War- “Even when we started States and Switzerland has previously rejected attempts by approximately 25,000 mem- out North America and in 35 saw, its most recent branch, Hillel we had no idea how the United States to extradite Polanski. bers. Parents and grandpar- cities in 14 countries. (Inter- organizes monthly Shabbat See “Renaissance,” page 4 2 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2017 ALMANAC VIEWPOINTS / Robert Strybel POLISH Follow us on Facebook, AMERICAN and on the web, too, at: www.polamjournal.com Can the Morawiecki Plan Revitalize Poland’s Economy? JOURNAL a Spanish-owned bank to become Q Previous governments Dedicated to the Promotion January Styczeń sold off everything in sight the government’s economic chief, and Continuance of combining the posts of development Polish American Culture Gdy w styczniu mrozy i śniegi, for quick cash and finance minister. Educated in będą stodoły po brzegi, Poland, Germany, Switzerland and ESTABLISHED 1911 gdy styczeń mrozów nie daje, Now Polonization of the United States, he is in charge of IGNATIUS HAJDUK • Founder 1911-1920 prowadzi nieurodzaje.