On a trip to Detroit, Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich visited Berkley’s Yad Ezra, which serves about 3,000 people each year. After seeing the change Yad Ezra has made in the community, Schudrich was inspired to start a kosher food pantry in Warsaw.

The Polish pantry now is fully operational, thanks in major part to assistance from Yad Ezra staff. The kosher food pantry comes to Poland at a time of a re-emergence of the nation’s Jewish communities.