Fragments of the lives and feelings experienced by members of Leicester’s Jewish and Polish communities are brought to light in this online exhibition through photographs they share with each other in an attempt to reconnect with their interrelated history and culture. Recovering Connections interweaves their visual impressions, reflections as well as individual and communal heritage, demonstrating the deep relationship between two communities who live in the same city but only rarely encounter one another.
“Gość w dom, Bóg w dom” (Guest in the house, God in the house) is a Polish saying which typifies Polish hospitality. A guest in one’s house should be treated with the same welcome, care, and kindness as one would treat God Himself, were He to visit one’s humble abode.
Recovering Connections 