This is the tenth volume of Polin, and the first to appear in paperback—a sign of our confidence in the growing interest in the area, particularly among the new generation, and of the changes taking place in Polish–Jewish relations. This is clear too from the lecture given by Krzysztof Sliwinski, Polish Ambassador to the Jewish Diaspora, under the auspices of the Institute for Polish–Jewish Studies, which is reproduced in this volume.

Plans for future volumes of Polin are well advanced. This will be the last to be devoted principally to a single theme. The editors have come to the conclusion that to devote such a large proportion of each volume to one theme has meant that very few other articles could be published, and that the length of time between the submission of articles on other topics and their publication had become inordinately long. In addition, the rapid development of scholarship in the field of Polish–Jewish studies has meant that, even if the bulk of an issue was devoted to a single theme, it was impossible to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject. We will still retain clusters of articles on topics we regard as central to our subject, however. Volume 11 will have such a cluster on aspects and experiences of Judaism in Poland; volume 12 will highlight the triangular relationship of Poles, Jews, and Ukrainians in Galicia between 1772 and 1914; and volume 13 will feature a cluster of articles on the Holocaust on the Polish lands. We should welcome articles on these topics, as well as on all other relevant issues. We should also welcome any criticisms or suggestions for improvement. In particular, we should be very grateful for assist ance in extending our coverage to the areas of Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania, both in the period in which these countries were part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and subsequently.

As with previous issues, this present volume could not have appeared without the untiring assistance of many individuals. In particular, we should like to express our gratitude to Dr Jonathan Webber, Treasurer of the Institute for Polish–Jewish Studies, to Professor Jehuda Reinharz, President of Brandeis University, and to Mrs Irene Pipes, President of the American Association for Polish–Jewish Studies.