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American boy holds bar mitzvah in Krakow Poland
A 13 year old American boy Eric Strom from Stamford Connecticut celebrated his bar mitzvah at Krakows Tempel synagogue in a rare revival for the citys dwindling Jewish community The ceremony marked the first such event witnessed by many elderly Krakow residents since World War II and the last in the city for likely generations The trip was organized by Federation of Jewish Philanthropies New York with Eric accompanied by his family and three grandparents
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Krakow
Poland
Eric Strom
Stamford
Remah
Tempel
Eric
Chana Fogel
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
New York City
Federation
City
Roza Yakubowicz
Greenwich Country Day School
Barry
Marjorie Strom
Holly
United States
Communist Party
Wojciech Jaruzelski