Polish Jewish Life Today with Marek Jezowski and Dominika Zakrzewska-Olędzka
Marek Jezowski and Dominika Zakrzewska-OlÄ™dzka, members of Warsaw’s progressive Jewish community, discuss their experiences reclaiming their Jewish identity in today’s Poland. Marek recounts fighting the 1982 government to register his daughter’s Hebrew name, while Dominika shares her personal process of choosing the Jewish name Lilach. They describe navigating a linguistic landscape where Hebrew and Yiddish words like kippah and shul are integrated into daily conversations.
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Dominika Zakrzewska is a project manager, educator, and scholar with more than a decade of experience at the intersection of Jewish communal life, academia, and international humanitarian work. Her work focuses on countering bias, fostering dialogue across diverse communities, and strengthening Jewish life and minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe. She holds a PhD in Social Sciences and master’s degrees in Education and Psychology, and is an alumna of HUC-JIR’s Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management. Her distinctions include the 2024 Ralph I. Goldman Fellowship at JDC Entwine and the 2022 Fulbright Slavic Award.
