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YIVO News
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research today announced that Dr. Joachim S. Russek, the Director of the Judaica Foundation in Cracow, Poland, became this year's recipient of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Prize. Endowed by Professor Jan Karski at YIVO in 1992, the $5,000 prize goes to authors and editors of published works documenting Polish-Jewish relations and Jewish contributions to Polish culture.

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