On Yom Kippur Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin shared his deepest optimism for the future of the Progressive Polish Jewish community. The Rabbi Michael Signer Clergy Cabinet program supported the travel and hospitality expenses for Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin’s volunteer visit to Poland during the Days of Awe.
Visit to Beit Polska Congregations
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.[…]
The Staying Power of Polish Jewish Communities
Dear Readers, I am immensely proud of the staying power of our Polish communities. As I look back at the passing of my first year as the chairman of the board of Beit Polska (the national body) and Beit Warszawa (a local community in the country’s capital), I am satisfied I did not spoil much; […]
Pinchas
July 29th, 2016/23 Tammuz 5776 – Pinchas is an extremely problematic figure. The Jewish tradition developed several radically different approaches in teaching about this Torah portion. To bring you up to date. At the end of last week’s Torah portion Pinchas acts as judge, jury, and executioner. In his righteous indignation he kills a prince of […]
Balak: Are we a people that “dwells alone”?
By Dr. Halina Postek July 22, 2016/16 Tammuz 5776 – This week’s Torah portion Balak is the only parasha in the entire Torah in which the conveyed events are made known to us not because the Israelites participated in them (they were the ones who witnessed all the other events described in the Torah). Rather, we […]
The Immutable: A Mystery of Transformation in the Face of Death
Parashat Chukat 9th and 10th of Tammuz, 5776; July 15 and 17, 2016 – This week’s Torah portion Chukat (Numbers 19:1 to 21:1) is a rich trove of paradoxical challenges. Understanding this Torah portion led our sages into new depths of textual and conceptual ingenuity. At the center of this Torah portion is the arational ritual of […]
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