FOSTERING A VIBRANT RENEWAL OF JUDAISM IN POLAND
We live in the age of the individual. We are all supposed to be slim, pretty, successful, prosperous, happy, extroverted and popular. The perfect self – that’s the goal our culture constantly encourages us to achieve and we see this everywhere: in advertising, in the press, all over social media. We are told that to be this person you just have to follow your dreams, that our potential is limitless, that we are the only source of our own success.[…]
Żyjemy w epoce indywidualizmu. Wszyscy powinniśmy być szczupli, piękni, odnoszący sukcesy, zamożni, szczęśliwi, ekstrawertyczni i popularni. Doskonałe ja – to cel, do osiągnięcia którego nieustannie zachęca nas nasza kultura i widzimy to wszędzie: w reklamach, prasie, we wszystkich mediach społecznościowych. Wszystko wokół mówi się nam, że aby być taką osobą wystarczy podążać za[…]
Of the new centers Spynka opened last month, they are incredibly excited about the Spynka classroom at Fort Mokotow in Warsaw. Built for fortification during WWII but never put to use, Fort Mokotow is now a beautifully designed enclave of businesses and artistic creation. The Spynka space is one of our most beautiful and allows the children to be in a great outdoor environment in addition to the classroom. Its central location has meant the program was filled within a week of its opening, and there is a rapidly growing waitlist.[…]
There is a big idea that is embedded in the Hebrew Bible that truthful speech (used by God) has a creative power and lies at the foundations of the world. Firstly, God uses truthful speech (God said, “Let there be…” or “Let us make…”) to transform tohu-va-vohu (chaos) into a habitable and ordered world. It is laid out starting at the beginning of the[…]
W Biblii hebrajskiej osadzona jest wielka koncepcja, iż prawdziwa mowa (używana przez Boga) posiada kreatywną moc i leży u podstaw świata. Po pierwsze, Bóg używa prawdziwej mowy (Bóg powiedział: „Niech stanie się” albo „Uczyńmy…”), aby przekształcić tohu-wa-wohu (chaos) w możliwy do zamieszkania i uporządkowany świat. Zostaje to wyłożone zaczynając od początku Księgi Rodzaju (jest to również rozwinięte w Torze oraz[…]
[maxbutton id=”6″ url=”https://polishjewsreviving.org/zmaganie-sie-z-demonem-naduzycia-wladzy/” ] This week’s Torah portion, Vayishlach, is replete with conflicts and tensions which Jacob and his family need to urgently address. It opens with the news that Esau is coming forward to meet Jacob bringing with himself four hundred men. Worried that Esau will want to take revenge on his loved ones […]
