FOSTERING A VIBRANT RENEWAL OF JUDAISM IN POLAND
Prayer. Why do we pray? When do we pray? What do we expect from prayer? What’s the meaning or function of prayer today? What are the good things that come from the experience of prayer?
These are all important questions for religious people and have many answers. But before trying to answer them again, let’s take a brief look at history. It seems that prayer was not a central element of Jewish worship in[…]
Join Kathleen A. Balgley in a discussion of just released Letters to My Father:
Excavating a Jewish Identity in Poland and Belarus. Kathleen Balgley’s memoir begins with her childhood discovery of her father’s hidden Jewish[…]
You shall appoint magistrates and officials for your tribes, in all the settlements that your God יהוה is giving you, and they shall govern the people with due justice. (Deuteronomy 16:18, the first verse of parashat Shoftim)
There are three classical theories of truth that also define what truth is. The first, formulated by Aristotle, says that truth consists in[…]
Sędziów i urzędników ustanowisz sobie we wszystkich bramach twoich, które Wiekuisty, Bóg twój, da tobie w pokoleniach twoich, aby sądzili lud sądem sprawiedliwym. (Pwt 16:18, pierwszy werset paraszy Szoftim).
Istnieją trzy klasyczne teorie prawdy, definiujące zarazem czym jest prawda. Pierwsza z nich, sformułowana przez Arystotelesa, mówi,[…]
After months of persistent effort with unexpected logistical delays and bureaucratic disappointments, Barbara Cook, the organizer of a network of her family and friends succeeded. “Suitcases of Love” delivered an additional 20 oversized tightly packed suitcases of gently worn business attire, children’s clothes and gifts to refugee Ukrainian women and children. The challenge of finding international […]
There is no way to hide it – prices are skyrocketing. In July inflation in Poland reached 15,5% and the rate of prices increase hasn’t been so high in almost 25 years. No wonder then that the government has raised interest rates in order to reduce the dynamic of growing prices. The consequences of inflation […]
