The second public miracle needed in order to proclaim Pope John Paul II a saint has now been proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church. However, that second miracle could also have been the revival of Jewish music and Jewish life in today’s Poland. Of course, it is simpler to prove an individual case of a […]
Modeling the Jewish Learning and Humanity of Our Late Teacher Rabbi Michael A. Signer.
The Miracle Of Jewish Survival
The king of Prussia, Frederick the Great, in a discussion with his court chaplain once said, “Give me proof of the inspiration of the Bible.” The chaplain replied, “Your majesty, I can answer your request in a single word.” Frederick looked at the chaplain with some amazement and asked, “What magic word carries such strong […]
Visitors from USA Meet Beit Warszawa Members
Visitors from Congregation Adath Jeshurun from Minneapolis and Magen Avraham from Omer, Israel and members of Temple Beth Am of Miami spent the evening in Beit Warszawa. Our guests met the president of Beit polska, Piotr Stasiak, our active member, Joe, watched a power point presentation shown by Rabbi Gil Nativ and his wife Zivah […]
Why Antisemitism
Of the following Jewish Holy Days: Shavuot is covenant-Torah oriented; Tu B’shvat and Sukkot are nature oriented; Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Shabbat are personal-spiritual; Passover, Purim, Yom HaShoah, Hanukah, Tisha B’Av and Yom Atzmaoot are historical-national. Of the historical events, the last three took place in the Land of Israel. But the first three, […]
Hebrew Words Seeking Polish Melodies
The Baal Shem Tov was a gifted singer. He considered singing as worship of God, for music touches the soul. He often led his disciples in song, especially at the Shabbat table. Sometimes he asked them to close their eyes and put their hands on each other’s shoulders as they sang, so that they were […]
Simchat Torah at Beit Warszawa
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