Posts by alangleben

alangleben

11 Jul 2008

Law / Unique type of restaurant - Want to open in Warsaw [13]

Hi,

Im a young businessman who is looking at opening a restaurant/coffee house in warsaw later this year. I am an British EU national and am looking at starting a chain of these. How do i go about starting a restaurant in Poland, who costs are assigned to it, and does anyone know about how shop Leasing works in poland?

i would be grateful. I am also interested in finding someone polish to help set up the business and in return receive a % of the profits from the business. Please email or IM me if your interested. I am planning on moving to Warsaw in late september and start from scratch, which a hope of having something open by January.

Adam

alangleben

18 Jul 2008

Life / Antisemitism in Poland; is it safe for a Jew to live in Poland? [193]

Hi,

I am planning on relocating to Poland in september to start a business. My father was born in warsaw in 1944, and his parents somehow got themselves and him out of the country. I am Jewish.

As you might imagine, my father is not thrilled at the idea of me moving to Poland as my family, as with many Jewish families have very tragic history in Poland and the eastern bloc. He is also very worried about antisemitism in poland, although i am not obviously a Jew at first sight, i do wear a star of david necklace on the outside on my t-shirts etc...

Is there a problem with anti-semitism in Poland, is it safe for me to go there without any fear?

I would be gracious for any replies.

Thank You,

Adam

alangleben

20 Jul 2008

Life / Antisemitism in Poland; is it safe for a Jew to live in Poland? [193]

not gonna lie, im quite upset by what ive been reading here, almost as if there is some sort of conspiracy that the jews are playing onto general people.

Afew points have been made, valid ones. Like why are Jews over represented in parliaments, with more Jewish MP's than the demographic.
Education is the most central value for Jews, everything else becomes irrelevant for a parent, giving your child a good secular and jewish education is very important to people. This is shown in the UK 2001 Cencus where it indicated that 55% of all Jews aged between 25-34 have a university degree compared with 28% of the general population, the statistics are different in every country, but mostly similar. In the United States the number is alot higher.

Another reason for Jewish peoples success is that they were immigrants/refugees in almost all of the modern world, and all immigrants aspire to become successful and leave their immigrant status behind. Real incentive has fueled all of this.

These statistics explain why there are lots of successful Jewish businessmen, laywers, doctors etc... Not some crazy conspiracy theories.

Im probably going to be slated now by people who seem to have something against Jewish people.