FOSTERING A VIBRANT RENEWAL OF JUDAISM IN POLAND
Organizational genius and sweet soul Jonathan Mills writes to us from Poland.
One of Warsaw’s Progressive Polish Jewish community’s founders has returned to join with professional educators from Poland and Ukrain to create Spynka nurseries and preschools. Over 600 children and many Polish and Ukrainian are coping. This note and picture tells a story of thanks and joy:[…]
Jewish minority has been a part of Polish society for over 1000 years, during which the country has experienced alternating periods of development and destruction. Polish-Jewish relations were particularly affected by the tragic period of the Holocaust. After the 1948 establishment of the state of Israel and the tightening of Soviet-dominated Poland, the problematic knowledge of shared history with widely different interpretations translated into the complexity of Polish-Israeli relations. It contributed to a build-up of mutual distrust.[…]
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Recently, the Beit Warszawa congregation has met at the Bavel, a Jewish cultural center, and in a conference center near town. Part of the purpose of the trip was to meet people in the Step by Step classes and to learn about their concerns. Overall, Beit Polska has over 25 people enrolled in various conversion stages, and one of the critical reasons for the trip was to arrange for completing the course and the Beit Din process.[…]
Of the new centers Spynka opened last month, they are incredibly excited about the Spynka classroom at Fort Mokotow in Warsaw. Built for fortification during WWII but never put to use, Fort Mokotow is now a beautifully designed enclave of businesses and artistic creation. The Spynka space is one of our most beautiful and allows the children to be in a great outdoor environment in addition to the classroom. Its central location has meant the program was filled within a week of its opening, and there is a rapidly growing waitlist.[…]
Good evening. I bring you greetings from my home city Los Angeles, with one of the largest Jewish populations in the world, approx.. 600,000! And I feel honored to share this solemn remembrance of the 1946 Kielce Pogrom with you. Music has always had healing powers and I hope that our program of classical music for violin, cello and piano will have a transformative and comforting effect for us.[…]
