Lucky Jews / Na szczescie to Zyd

In Poland today, "Lucky Jews" outnumber Polish Jews. Figurines and images of Jews holding money have proliferated in Poland with the country's transition to capitalism. These good luck charms hang in homes and sit by cash registers in shops and restaurants across the country. Are these images positive or negative? Do they divide Poles and Jews, or bind them together? Are they souvenirs, talismans, toys? Holocaust ghosts or patron saints of Polish capitalism? By exploring what Jewish figurines mean to those who make and buy them, "Lucky Jews" offers a provocative perspective on the place of Jews in Polish consciousness today. The book is in Polish and English.