The Rabbi Michael A. Signer Clergy Cabinet of Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland aspires to model the Jewish learning and humanity of our late teacher Rabbi Michael A. Signer. Our plan was for Rabbi David Ellenson to co-write this letter to invite you to join the cabinet but, alas, both of them are now joined in the Yeshiva Shel Ma’alah. Their leadership example inspires us.[…]
An Opportunity for Generational Healing and Renewal
I just returned from leading a 17- day intensive study mission to Poland. A key focus was on current Progressive Jewish life of Beit Warszawa, Beit Trojmiasto, and the other Beit Polska communities and projects. Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland sponsors Beit Polska and is associated with the World/European Union for Progressive Judaism. Our […]
The Concerns of Polish Progressive Judaism’s Foremost Leader Rabbi Ozjasz Thon (1870-1936)
A Suddenly Familiar Voice
Professor Shoshana Ronen’s presentation based on her book, A Prophet of Consolation on the Threshold of Destruction will introduce us to the remarkable Polish Progressive Rabbi Ozjasz (Joshua) Thon. Until recently the legacy of Rabbi Thon’s intellectual and lived experience was shrouded by the Holocaust and subsequent events, most importantly the establishment of the state of Israel. Now, Rabbi Thon’s significance emerges for Diaspora communities committed to their national identity and to Jewish cultural and political Zionism. Today’s Jewish world may be astounded to learn that[…]
The Significant Legacy of Memory Among the Second Generation
When Memory Comes, Are We Returned to Poland or New Ground?
Recent writing of children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors is creating a new literary community genre. Transcending national boundaries, Second and Third Generation children of survivors are encountering each other. Dr. David Kader will lead us in his own exploration that is both literary and personal. He has recently written[…]
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