Editing Sacha Pecaric (section)

==Education and scholarship==
After studies in [[Prague]], Pecaric continued to study at the rabbinic department of the [[Yeshiva University]] in [[New York City]], where he obtained rabbinical ordination, and the Department of Philosophy of [[Columbia University]] (M.A.) and [[Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague|FAMU]] in Prague (Ph.D.). He lived in [[Kraków]] where he ran the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, aimed at providing education to the small local [[Jew]]ish community as well as other local people, and where he set up Pardes Lauder, a Jewish religious publishing house which has published more than 30 books, including a prayer book and [[Haggada]] for [[Passover]].<ref>[http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/cms/news/2094,the-new-york-rabbi-sacha-pecaric-will-deliver-a-lecture/ "The New York Rabbi Sacha Pecaric will deliver a lecture"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627020900/http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/cms/news/2094,the-new-york-rabbi-sacha-pecaric-will-deliver-a-lecture/ |date=2013-06-27 }}, ''Virtual Shtetl'', January 4, 2012. Accessed November 9, 2012.</ref><ref name=jw>[http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/short_takes/gained_translation_sacred_texts_poles_0 "Gained In Translation: Sacred Texts For Poles"], Steve Lipman, ''[[The Jewish Week]]'', May 10, 2011. Accessed November 9, 2012.</ref>

Pecaric was the author of the first translation of the [[Torah]] from [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] to [[Polish language|Polish]] to be done by a Jew since the [[Second World War]]. His translation, made independently of existing Polish translations, includes &ndash; ''Bereshit'' ([[Book of Genesis|Genesis]], 2001), ''Shemot'' ([[Book of Exodus|Exodus]], 2003), ''Vajikra'' ([[Leviticus]], 2005) and ''Bemidbar'' ([[Book of Numbers|Numbers]], 2005) and ''Devarim'' ([[Deuteronomy|Deuteronomium]], 2006).<ref name=jw/>