On July 22, 2024, a march dedicated to the memory of the rabbis who were in the Ghetto and murdered passed through the streets of Warsaw. The thirteenth March of Remembrance, during which we paid tribute to the victims of the mass extermination of the Warsaw Ghetto on the 82nd anniversary of the great liquidation action. From July 22 to September 21, 1942, the Germans deported approximately 300,000 Warsaw Jews to the Treblinka extermination camp. […]
81st Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
2024 / Warsaw, Poland
Beit Polska Chair Hanna Gawronska-Spiewak and board member Dr. Miroslaw Patalon at the commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Yellow daffodils symbolize the Uprising.
The Rappaport Monument is located in from of the Polin Museum and some of the pictures are inside the museum. Yellow daffodils symbolize the Uprising
Update From EUPJ in Response to the Horrific Terrorist Attack on Israel
A List of Actions Beit Polska Took Following the Horrific Terrorist Attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023
1. Oświadczenie (Statement), In Solidarity With the Nation and State of Israel we wrote in Polish and English on Oct. 8th.
2. Co-organized a demonstration of support for Israel at Grzybowski Square on Monday, Oct. 16.
In response to the events of[…]
BOGDAN’S JOURNEY: Memory, Reconciliation and Healing
BOGDAN’S JOURNEY: a new documentary film about murder and mayhem–and 70 years later—about memory, reconciliation and healing. Kielce, Poland was the site of Europe’s last pogrom. In 1946, a year after WWII ended, townspeople killed 40 holocaust survivors seeking shelter in a downtown building, and injured 80 more around the city. After the pogrom, as […]
On the Threshold of Freedom
Passover Music in Poland [maxbutton id=”3″] [maxbutton id=”4″] Experience the unique spirit of the Passover season with joyous music of Passover. The concerts will feature two of Poland’s rising musical stars Cantor Anna K. Silverman and student rabbi, Dr. Menachem Mirski. We welcome the participation of our host Rabbi Neil Comes-Daniels and the Beth Shalom […]
Exclusive Screening, Bogdan’s Journey at Wilshire Blvd Temple
Sometimes a documentary film is the perfect vehicle for difficult issues of discussion. Wilshire Boulevard Temple in conjunction with Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland, Beit Polska and Two Points Film Present an Exclusive Screening of Bogdan’s Journey Bogdan Bialek, a Catholic Pole, journalist, and psychologist engaged the people of Kielce, Poland in addressing the […]