I am about to embark on my twenty-third trip to Poland. This is a special journey because it involves so many elements. Elements of deep loyalty to old friends in troubled times, primal connections to fellow Jews, and a duty not to despair have marked my journeys to Poland. I am traveling with my son, […]
Trip to Poland 2025
A Unique People-Centered Journey Through Poland
Join members of the Rabbi Michael A. Signer Clergy Cabinet of Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland for a trip to Poland this May 14 thru May 22, 2025 (May 13th travel day). This Poland experience invites the group to gain a view of Poland’s historic significance, its memorial importance, as well as its contemporary Jewish communities. Our journey will speak to the challenge of Progressive Jewish values as we meet with leaders in Poland.
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 […]
Rabbi Jack Shlachter Visits Beit Polska for the High Holidays
Rabbi Jack Shlachter (www.physicsrabbi.com) is currently a rabbi at HaMakom: The Place for Passionate and Progressive Judaism in Santa Fe, New Mexico while simultaneously serving the Los Alamos Jewish Center as their rabbi as well. Both congregations are small (approximately fifty families). Rabbi Shlachter is retired after several decades of full-time work at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Ph. D. physicist. Because rabbinical[…]