The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Rabbi visited the AJC

Thursday, November 13

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and the Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks visited the Auschwitz Jewish Center as a part of a joint pilgrimage to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
They were accompanied by about 180 school students and teachers as well as seven other faith leaders from the Baha’i, Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian faiths. The visit is part of the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz Project .
The faith leaders visited the AJC exhibits: Jews of Oswiecim and Polish Heroes: Those Who Rescued Jews as well as the Chevra Lomdei Mishnayot Synagogue.
Read more about the visit in Times Online

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