After World War II, Lower Silesia attracted ca. 80 thousand Jewish settlers, the majority of whom had survived the war in the USSR. They had their own institutions, schools, hospitals, sports clubs and a theatre. However, in the aftermath of the Kielce pogrom and the emergence of Israel, a large number of Jewish people left Poland. After the anti-Semitic campaign that the Communist regime instigated in 1968, the Jewish life in Poland, both religiously and socially, became almost completely extinct.It was not until the 1990s that the Jewish community in Wroclaw reclaimed the White Stork Synagogue. Since rabbis began to arrive in the city, the synagogue started to perform its religious functions again. At present, the building also serves a venue for concerts, theatrical performances and film screenings. A number of events that are held in the synagogue and the surrounding area are inspired and promoted by the Bente Khan Foundation. The Jewish community runs a Jewish school, and the Department of Jewish Studies was established at the University of Wroclaw. The Jewish religious community of Wroclaw counts ca. 300 faithful.