Name: From Częstochowa to Bayside: The Story of the KHC’s Torah Scroll
Start: 2025-09-17T14:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-17T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College

$From Cz\u0119stochowa to Bayside: The Story of the KHC\u2019s Torah Scroll$

Come learn about how this scroll found its way to the KHC, and the yearlong process involved to restore it.
About this Event

In 1988, while visiting Częstochowa, Poland, Harry Rapaport made a remarkable discovery: a trove of Torah scrolls hidden in the attic of a wartime factory that had previously been a Jewish ritual bathhouse. Although heavily damaged, these religious artifacts are a living memorial to the local Jewish communities who perished during the Holocaust. Come learn about how one of these scrolls found its way to the Kupferberg Holocaust Center, and the yearlong process involved to both restore and remount this powerful historical artifact.

**To attend in person: The event is free and open to all, but registration ahead of time is required and visitors must show ID upon entering the campus at Queensborough Community College (QCC). For directions to QCC’s campus, please visit https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/about/index.html#gettingHere. For elevator access, enter the QCC Administration building and follow signs for the Kupferberg Holocaust Center.