Massachusetts Couple Re-Creates a Piece of Jewish History

THE BOSTON GLOBE
By Penny Schwartz

The Gwozdziec project in Warsaw.

MASSACHUSETTS---For the last 10 years, Laura and Rick Brown have been immersed in the art and architecture of Poland’s historic Gwozdziec synagogue, as well as that of many other Jewish houses of worship built during the 17th and 18th centuries. In March, the 25,000-pound, 85 percent scale replica was hoisted into place as the centerpiece of Warsaw’s new Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which will trace the 1,000-year legacy of Poland’s Jews. A film of the replication project is being made by local filmmakers Cary and Yari Wolinsky, of Trillium Studios, in collaboration with Cambridge-based John Rubin Productions. [link]