FOSTERING A VIBRANT RENEWAL OF JUDAISM IN POLAND
Klezmer music has dominated the conversations about the post-communist Jewish culture renaissance in Poland.
However, creative activity in art music (classical music) has its own proud history, beginning with the virtuoso pianist and composer Maria Szymanowska in the late 18th century We will listen to one of her nocturnes, which strongly influenced Frederic Chopin’s compositional style. The webinar will offer[…]
Beit Polska refugee relief efforts announced its official name today – Janusz Korczak Society Child Relief. At the behest of the World Union for Progressive Judaism president Rabbi Sergio Bergman, we shared a few anecdotes about the immediate efforts to aid refugees in Poland initiated by our community and many other Polish civic groups.[…]
With time we get used to everything – to bad people around us, to war, to illness… In our life we experience good things and things which are a nice surprise for us, but often also sad and depressing things which we did not expect, which we have not chosen. The mind, as we know, doesn’t like to waste its energy, so that’s why many of the actions we perform take place automatically and we don’t always control our reactions to these or some other events.[…]
Z czasem przyzwyczajamy się do wszystkiego – złych ludzi w naszym środowisku, wojny, choroby… W swoim życiu doświadczamy rzeczy dobrych i miło nas zaskakujących, ale często też smutnych i przygnębiających, których się nie spodziewaliśmy, których nie wybieraliśmy. Umysł, jak wiadomo, nie lubi marnować swojej energii, dlatego wiele wykonywanych przez nas czynności odbywa się automatycznie i nie zawsze panujemy nad swoją reakcją na te lub inne wydarzenia.[…]
There are circles of kindness in the midst of terrible displacement and the agonies of the past.
Today a powerful direction for Kielce as it responded to the current mass of refugees from Ukraine. The generosity of the Polish people has been quite profound throughout this month of war and fleeing refugees. In Warsaw, the estimate is that 70% of its population responded in one fashion or[…]
Thoughts on Parashat Shemini Does everything (bad) that happens to us happen for a reason? If so, where should we look for answers? In theology, science or our moral conduct as individuals or groups? The Torah portion for this week brings up this topic. On the eighth day, following the seven days of their inauguration, […]
