Temple Emanu-El of Providence Rhode Island is sending 15 participants to the Ride for the Living 2026 this June, led by our Rabbi Michael Fel and also by our member Toby Liebowitz who has been volunteering for the past nine summers at JCC Krakow. Each of us has a special interest in Krakow, either due to family connections or a keen interest in Holocaust History. Whether we will be walking or bicycling, we are all excited for this amazing adventure!
We’ll be participating in an incredible 60-mile journey from the darkness of Auschwitz-Birkenau to the light of JCC Krakow or walking 5K/3 miles from the darkness of the Plaszow concentration camp to the light of JCC Krakow.
We'll be alongside hundreds of participants from around the world in a powerful tribute to Jewish resilience and renewal.
It may surprise you that just an hour from Auschwitz, Jewish life has been reborn and thriving for almost two decades. Today, 80 years after the Holocaust, JCC Krakow is home to 1,200 members, including 56 Holocaust survivors, dozens of young families, children attending the first Jewish preschool in Krakow since the war, and an entire movement of young people just now discovering their family's long-suppressed Jewish heritage.
This community’s strength reaches far beyond its gates: JCC Krakow has supported more Ukrainian refugees than any other organization of its kind in the entire world. Having been victims only 80 years ago, this community has a special understanding of the responsibility to save others, and they’ve now supported over 450,000 Ukrainians since Russia’s invasion.
We would be grateful for your support as we embark on this physical and spiritual journey to uplift the JCC’s mission of building a vibrant, welcoming and compassionate community.
Ride For The Living is JCC Krakow’s largest annual fundraiser, and is completely funded by the friends and family of participants like you.