Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland
Modlitwa. Dlaczego się modlimy? Kiedy się modlimy? Czego oczekujemy od modlitwy? Jakie jest dzisiejsze znaczenie czy też funkcja modlitwy? Co dobrego płynie z doświadczenia modlitwy?
Są to wszystko ważne pytania dla ludzi religijnych i istnieje na nie wiele odpowiedzi. Ale zanim spróbujemy znów na nie odpowiedzieć, nakreślmy pokrótce tło historyczne. Wydaje się, że[…]
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[…]
