LSJS is offering adults an educational trip to Poland in March

The London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS) is for the first time ever offering adults an opportunity to travel to Poland to explore Jewish life, art, memory and history before, during and after the Holocaust.

This unique trip, which runs from March 23-26, will offer participants insight into the thriving Jewish life of pre-war Poland, where Jews comprised around 10 per cent of the population, discovering “centuries of joy, beauty and tradition by visiting magnificent synagogues and significant Chasidic sites, whilst also gaining an understanding of modern Jewish life in Poland,” LSJS said.

The four-day, multi-city trip will be led by expert tour guide and LSJS Head of Adult Education, Michael Rainsbury and Rebbetzin Ilana Epstein, a member of the senior rabbinic team at Western Marble Arch Synagogue and educator for the Holocaust Education Trust.

Rainsbury said his “love of exploring Jewish Poland comes from a desire to gain a glimpse into an entire civilisation of Jewish life, scholarship and great personalities, which the Nazis tried to erase but we will continue to remember.”