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Poland Trip

By Nedda Black 12/07/2017 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Narratives

I was invited to join Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland (FJRP)’s Board of Directors this summer by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak. Joining this tremendous group of dedicated volunteers in their laudable efforts to bolster the Jewish community in Poland was an honor for me. Not long after joining, Rabbi Beliak informed me of a […]

Cindy’s Experience in Poland

By Cindy Paley 12/05/2017 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Narratives

From whence does my love for the Yiddish song stem? It is older than my love for music. It is like a treasure in which you find the strings of a timeless violin. The Yiddish song is the celebration of the Yiddish language – and its obstinate determination to vanquish despair and resignation. Elie Wiesel […]

Krakow, Summer 2017

By Rabbi Abraham Havivi, MD 12/05/2017 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Narratives

This past summer, I traveled to Poland to participate in the week-long Krakow Jewish Culture Festival. This was my fourth visit to Poland. I’d visited previously to teach Progressive communities in Warsaw, Gdansk, and Poznan, and lectured in Lublin and Bialystok. I’d met wonderful and thoughtful Jews (and their allies), enjoyed multiple Shabbat meals, led […]

Torah Sent to Poland

By Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak 04/06/2017 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Beit Polska News, Looking for Partners, The Miracle of Jewish Survival

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, […]

Emor

By Guest Author 06/07/2016 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Beit Warszawa, Guest Teachers, Rabbis, and Artists, Sermons

By Rabbi Alan Iser 20 May 2016/ 12 Iyar 5776 – Sometimes, the most significant concepts in Judaism are hidden in seemingly insignificant passages in the Torah. In this week’s Torah portion, Emor, at the end of a section dealing with the characteristics of which animals are acceptable for sacrifices, we learn of two very […]

Behar

By Guest Author 06/07/2016 Leave a Comment Filed Under: Beit Warszawa, Guest Teachers, Rabbis, and Artists, Sermons

By Rabbi Alan Iser 27 May 2016/19 Iyar 5776 – Warsaw has had some illustrious rabbis in its rich Jewish history. This evening, I would like to introduce you to an extraordinary rabbi who lived in the Warsaw Jewish community during its darkest hour, Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Shapira. He was the last Chassidic rebbe alive […]