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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/38515/full/38515/san-francisco-krakow-celebrate-sister-city-partnership/ <br /><br /> <b>San Francisco, Krakow celebrate sister-city partnership</b> <br /> Thursday, July 9, 2009 | by <br /><br /><p>San Francisco and Krakow, Poland signed a new sister-city agreement July 2 at Krakow’s town hall, completing a partnership orchestrated in part by Bay Area philanthropist Tad Taube.</p> <p>The signing ceremony at Wielopolski Palace was attended by Taube, S.F. Polish Consul General Christopher Kerosky and Matthew Goudeau from San Francisco’s Office of Protocol.</p> <p> </p> <div class="capDivLeft" style="width: 360px;"><img alt="spoland_360" class="left" height="233" src="http://jweekly.com/images/uploads/z_photos_2009/x07_10_09/spoland_360.jpg" title="Tad Taube and Polish consul in San Francisco Christopher Kerosky sign a sister-city agreement in Krakow, Poland, on July 2. photo/piotr malecki" width="360" /> <div class="caption">Tad Taube and Polish consul in San Francisco Christopher Kerosky sign a sister-city agreement in Krakow, Poland, on July 2. photo/piotr malecki</div> </div> Among the Polish dignitaries present was Krakow Mayor Jacek Majchrowski, who signed the document along with Taube and Kerosky. The event ended with an evening reception for 150 guests. <p> </p> <p>The partnership officially was announced in April. Those involved said they hope the relationship will help foster business, civic and cultural links between the two cities.</p> <p>The ceremony attendees also included many members of the San Francisco Jewish and secular communities, including the Krakow-born Taube, who is an honorary consul for the Republic of Poland; Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation; Jeffrey Farber, CEO of the Koret Foundation; Shelley Hebert, public affairs director for the Stanford Hospital and Clinics; and Shana Penn, executive director of the Taube Foundation.</p> <p>San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was originally scheduled to attend, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, quoting Taube as saying “[but] his schedule got fairly tight because of his political plans and the baby.”</p> <p>The ceremony was one stop on a 10-day Poland Jewish Heritage Tour, a trip organized by the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture, of which Tad Taube is chairman.</p>

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