There are 2 upcoming Yiddish Zing Alongs, one on Thursday, Nov. 30th, 2017 in Beverly Hills and the other on Monday evening, December 4th, 2017 at Valley Beth Shalom. To purchase tickets please click here and/or here. Seating is limited at the BH House Concert and the address will be provided upon purchase of your ticket. Zinovy […]
Polish Jewish Renewal Panel Discussion
Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm This October 17, 2017 at CSUN an important panel discussion on the revival of Jewish cultural and religious life in Poland will feature an outstanding experts. Be sure to reserve a spot to attend. All revivals seek to find a lost past. The phenomena of Friends […]
Torah Sent to Poland
On March 20 a new Torah began the third leg of its journey to Poland. The transmission of a practically new scroll — only 150-years-old — of the first five books of the Bible, the Torah is a cause for celebration!! This beautiful scroll is a gift from a Conservative congregation Shaarei Tefilah in Norwood, […]
A Voice from the Audience
Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival At a recent screening of Bogdan’s Journey in Copenhagen a voice from the audience captured the mood after the film. The individual’s details — age, gender, Polish — are clues to a profound impact on her. March 8 in Los Angeles at the Music Hall at 7 pm join us for […]
KEE TAVOH
September 23rd, 2016/20 Elul 5776 – This week’s Torah reading celebrates the bringing of the first fruits (Deut. 26: 1 – 11) While in the forty years of wanderings the observance of some of the Torah’s teachings were on a theoretical level. Now during the last parts of Moses address in Deuteronomy he directs the people […]
Preparation for High Holidays
Parashat Ke Tetse; Deutrronomy 21:10 to 25: 19 Have you ever wondered why the Shabbatot and other Jewish holidays begin in the evening? The rest of the world begins its observances and celebrations in the morning but Jews maintain this odd custom. We begin in the evening. The technical answer to the question is contained in the ordering of the words in […]