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.
The letters K, M and B denoting the initials of the Three Kings – Kasper, Melchior and Baltazar. It is a Polish custom of taking chalk home on the 6th of January – the Feast Day of the Three Kings – and then writing the letters and the year in your doorway. The chalk has been previously blessed in Church and is said to bring good luck to the household for the forthcoming year.
Recovering Connections 