If you build a kosher cafe in Poland, they will come out of the woodwork, acknowledging ‘some Jewish roots’.<\/p>\r\n
I met Gerald Vineberg a couple of years ago in Krakow at a Shabbat dinner. I asked him what brought him here and he responded that he is opening a kosher caf\u00e9 in Tarnow. Tarnow? But there are no Jews in Tarnow, I responded. He smiled and said, there are, we will just have to find them. I couldn\u2019t believe my ears. It was hard enough trying to have a kosher caf\u00e9 in Krakow where there are at least a thousand Jews living and hundreds of thousands of Jewish tourists. How was he going to create a restaurant in Tarnow where no Jews live? To answer that question, you have to know Gerald Vineberg.<\/p>\r\n
A native of Montreal, though living for some years in the Far East as well as the US, Gerald spent the main part of his career taking businesses which seemed doomed to failure and resurrecting them, turning them into successful enterprises. He was always up to the challenge, especially when the odds were against him. With his cheerful and calming demeanor, and always ready with a quip or anecdote, Gerald, though in his 70s, does not stop, keeps working and keeps an optimistic attitude to get the job done!<\/p>\r\n