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.[…]
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Concerts in Support of Friends of Jewish Renewal/Beit Polska
http://www.csun.edu/humanities/jewish-studies/events/polish-jewish-renewal-panel-discussion It was a privelege to be asked to co-produce three concerts in suppoprt of Beit Polska in October 2016, with my friend and colleague Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak. With participation by Cantor David Wisnia, a fine singer, raconteur and Auschwitz survivor; Wisnia’s grandson, the singer/songwriter/keyboardist Avi Wisnia; Beit Polska prayer leaders Iza Rivka Foremniak […]
New Prayer Group Open in the Center of Warsaw Called Beit Centrum Ki Tov
The opening of prayer group on the first of the Hebrew month of Nissan (April 8, 2016) was accompanied by a visit from both our former Rabbi, Gil Nativ and our current Rabbi, Boris Dolin. The new prayer group is located on Nowogrocka Street near all the trains, buses, and trams. For years Beit Polska activists have […]
The Golden Age of Progressive Jewish life
Remembering Rabbi Burt Schuman (1947-2024)
Rabbi Burt Schuman (1947-2024) was the first full-time rabbi in Warsaw’s Progressive congregation, Beit Warszawa, later Beit Polska. Schuman passed on Shabbat morning, Kee Tavo. His brilliant late career was marked by a surprisingly quick grasp of Polish and Yiddish.
He was a gifted teacher and shared musical and vocal talents that inspired a city to emerge into a spiritual awakening.
May the Memory of Mordy Feinberg Be a Blessing
09-01-23 In August word reached us that one of the most creative and devoted volunteers that Beit Warszawa was privileged to host passed away. Mordy Feinberg passed away on August 9 in Rockville, Maryland. Mordy’s wife, Miriam, writes us with the grace of her loss, but we remember the love and devotion that this couple lavished on our community. May the memory of Mordy be a blessing.
The following is an excellent letter about their visit to our community. It was originally published in 2015.[…]
Shabbat with Rabbi Berenbaum
Rabbi Michael Berenbaum, a faculty member of American Jewish University and a world-renown scholar of the Holocaust lead Shabbat services at Babel, the temporary home of Beit Warszawa.
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