FRIENDS OF THE JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL SOCIETY INC

MANY OF OUR ACTIVITIES INVOLVED TELEPHONE AND E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS, NUMEROUS MEETINGS, INCLUDING, DISCUSSIONS, ATTENDANCE AT LIVE LECTURES, WEBINARS AND ZOOM LECTURES. EXCHANGES OF INFORMATION BETWEEN MICHAEL STEIMAN AND/OR MICHAEL SZTEJNBERG INDIVIDUALLY, JOINTLY AND/OR WITH VARIOUS MEMBERS OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND WITH THE CHILDREN OF JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, GRATZ COLLEGE, JAGIELLONIAN LAW SOCIETY, MIDDLE EAST FORUM, ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA AND OTHER RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS AND PERSONS, ON VARIOUS TOPICS RELATED TO HISTORY, CULTURE, MUSIC, PUBLICATIONS AND RECENT HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING POLISH JEWISH CULTURE, ROLES OF JEWS, POLES AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, POLAND, EUROPE AND ISRAEL. MEETINGS AND OTHER CONTACTS WITH REPRESENTATIVES AND OFFICERS OF VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING TAUBE PHILANTHROPIES, CHILDREN OF THE JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND OTHERS REGARDING THEIR AND OUR ONGOING ACTIVITIES AND MUTUAL COOPERATION. REVIEW AND SHARING OF VARIOUS AMERICAN AND POLISH PUBLICATIONS, BOOKS AND ARTICLES REGARDING THE HISTORY OF JEWS IN POLAND AND EUROPE AS WELL AS THE HISTORY OF POLISH JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL. REVIEW AND DISCUSS RECENT UPDATES, PUBLICATIONS, AND DEVELOPMENTS IN POLAND, THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL AND OTHER COUNTRIES. SEVERAL GENERAL MEETINGS OF OUR ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERS DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, E MAIL AND TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND MATTERS OF ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES, GOALS AND ACTIVITIES. DISCUSSIONS PERTAINING TO THE 2020 AND THE PLANS FOR THE 2021 FESTIVAL AND GRANT REQUESTS MADE BY THE CRACOW JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL ORGANIZATION. REVIEW OF THEIR DRASTICALLY CHANGED PLANS, REORGANIZATION OF ACTIVITIES CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE CANCELLED 2020 FESTIVAL AND REPLACEMENT PLANS AND PRESENTATIONS VIA THE INTERNET OF NUMEROUS REPLACEMENT CULTURAL EVENTS, CONCERTS AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND HOW THEY RELATE TO OUR GOALS IN PURSUANCE OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PURPOSES AND ACTIVITIES OF OUR ORGANIZATION. ALL VIDEO MATERIALS AND LITERATURE ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO PARTICIPANTS. WE FORWARD PRIMARILY BY E-MAIL, VARIOUS INFORMATION AS TO UPCOMING EVENTS OF CULTURAL NATURE ORGANIZED BY LOCAL AND NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, MUSEUMS, AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS, PERTAINING TO POLISH-JEWISH HISTORY, CULTURE AND EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. THESE MEETINGS AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE. WE FORWARD VARIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE ARTICLES TO OUR MEMBERS. MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE CHILDREN OF JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. WITH REGARD TO OUR ANNUAL FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, WE HAVE PERIODICALLY REQUESTED AND RECEIVED DETAILED ACCOUNTING OF AIL PROJECTED AND ACTUAL COSTS AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL ORGANIZATION IN CRACOW, POLAND. WE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED UPDATES AS TO THEIR ACTIVITIES AND PLANS DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR DURING THE 2019 AND 2020 JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVALS IN CRACOW AND THEIR YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE OBTAINED DETAILED PROPOSALS AND EXPLANATIONS AS TO THE USE OF GRANTS THAT WE HAVE MADE AND/OR THEY ARE APPLYING FOR. WE HOLD PERIODIC IN PERSON AND TELEPHONE MEETINGS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL IN CRACOW, POLAND, AND ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE FESTIVAL STAFF FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND EXPLANATIONS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN MUCH MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AND GIVE THEM OUR INPUT AS TO THEIR FUNCTIONS AND USEFULNESS TO OUR ORGANIZATION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUESTED AND REVIEWED, AND OUR RESPONSE AND INQUIRING COMMENTS FOLLOW. WE MEET WITH ATTENDEES, PARTICIPANTS AND PERFORMERS AT THE FESTIVAL, FROM THE UNITED STATES, POLAND, ISRAEL ETC. REGARDING THE FESTIVAL, JEWISH LIFE AND CULTURE IN POLAND, PAST AND PRESENT, AND ITS CURRENT SOCIAL HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN POLAND AND THE UNITED STATES.