Zygmunt Alfus (Szymon Alfus) – a football player at Cracovia football club and Makkabi Kraków, a referee, a sports activist, a craftsman as well as an official, was born on 3rd February 1901. Before the outbreak of WWII, Alfus was an activist at Hakoahu Bielsko-Biała. After WWII, he joined the Salesian Football Association in Katowice. Zygmunt Alfus was a Board Member of the Polish Football Association (PZPN) where he held the position of a Deputy Secretary, followed by the Association Captain position as well being the coach of the national team during five official international games. Alfus was removed from the Polish sports structures due to political reasons (he was a Home Army member during WWII). In 1956 Zygmunt Alfus worked actively to reactivate the Salesian Football…

Izaak Mieses (born in 1802 in Lviv), passed away on 3rd February 1883 in Toruń. For many years he was linked with Cracow (from 1830’s until 1863, when Mieses left to Toruń).  Associated with  progressive circles, a prominent expert on the history of Kabbalah, European philosophy, a supporter of Haskalah. Following Alicja Maślak-Maciejewska’s monograph regarding Cracow’s progressive circles, in 1861, it was necessary to employ a permanent preacher, when the construction of a progressive synagogue was at the finishing line. Most importantly however, it was crucial to invite someone to give the innauguration sermon. Even though Izaak Mieses dealt with trade and wasn’t a professional preacher, he was the one who was chosen. He did have letters of recommendation from Solomon Judah Löb HaKohen Rapoport, known as Shir, yet Mieses…