FOSTERING A VIBRANT RENEWAL OF JUDAISM IN POLAND
There are circles of kindness in the midst of terrible displacement and the agonies of the past.
Today a powerful direction for Kielce as it responded to the current mass of refugees from Ukraine. The generosity of the Polish people has been quite profound throughout this month of war and fleeing refugees. In Warsaw, the estimate is that 70% of its population responded in one fashion or[…]
Beit Polska continues to lead through its on-the-ground person-to-person relief for refugees. Bookmark this post to follow along with our weekly updates. There is also a more extensive discussion, Interim Plans and Guiding Principles regarding our plans for continued Ukrainian refugee aid. March 2022: A shipment of medicine and food organized by Beit […]
The implementation of the August 1939 accord between Germany and the Soviet Union (Molotov-Ribbentrop) erased Poland. The Jews in the Soviet controlled sector of the former Poland, many of whom fled eastward or were deported by Soviet authorities or simply exiled to vast howling regions found a paradoxical refuge. They were at a far remove from unfolding persecutions and murders the Germans planed. The narrative about the fate of the 200,000 Polish Jewish refugees in the Soviet Union remained peripheral to the study of the Holocaust for over 75 years. Dr. Adler’s ground breaking work has opened up these areas of study for the English speaking audiences.[…]
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Numbers
Well over 1.5 million people from Ukraine have arrived in Poland since 2014. Another 1.5 people have crossed into Poland since the war began. Now there may be as many as 3 million people from Ukraine and large mass gathering near Lviv, Ukraine, hoping to return to their homes.[…]
We wish Barbara Cook success in her mission to bring support and practical aid to women and children refugees fleeing into Poland from the war. Mrs. Cook’s determined effort to aid the people of Ukraine is an inspiring banner for other individuals to gather around in order to help and raise up the image of humanity.[…]
Sometimes being a Jew demands living in at least two, maybe more historical dimensions all at the same time. The town names, the fleeing refugees in Europe, Holocaust memories, and an inspiring President Zelensky of Ukraine trigger many incongruities. At this moment Putin’s attack on Ukraine and the brave defense by the Ukrainian forces vex […]
