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The Jewish Center is organizing the following events in the 2003/2004 school year.

Three IAF F-15s flew over the heads of more than 100 Israel soldiers who were paying tribute to the victims of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi camp yesterday.

35 Poles, mostly teachers, clergy, and memorial site staff, are leaving on Monday for two weeks of training in Israel on the history of the Jews with special emphasis on the Holocaust.

We wrote recently about the Grand Circle Foundation. Its chairman, Allan Lewis, visited the Museum on June 21 and signed a letter of intent for $1,250,000 in aid to the Museum, earmarked for adapting the "Old Theater" building for use by the Education Center. The funds will be transferred over a period of five years following the formal handover of the building to the Museum.

An international conference on Preserving for the Future was held from June 23-25 to mark the dedication of the preservation workshops and studios at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.

One of the most modern preservation studios in Poland will go into service on Monday, June 23. It will employ specialists from Nicholas Copernicus University in Toruń who are graduates of the Fine arts Faculty with specializations in the preservation and restoration of works of art.