Professor Paweł Śpiewak passed on March 30. The funeral was held in Warsaw on April 2. We extend sincere condolences to his wife, Hania Gawronska-Spiewak, and his children and grandchildren. Hania Gawronska-Spiewak is the new chair of Beit Polska and Beit Warszawa. While closely tending her husband, during his illness she continued in her leadership […]
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SPECIAL REPORT
Ukrainian Refugee Relief and Beit Polska Redevelopment
The women and children who fled to Poland after Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, 2022, were traumatized, hungry, and without shelter. Your compassionate response allowed Beit Polska/Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland to assume a significant leadership role in addressing their[…]
Project Suitcases of Love : Chapter 1
Humanitarian Aid for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
We wish Barbara Cook success in her mission to bring support and practical aid to women and children refugees fleeing into Poland from the war. Mrs. Cook’s determined effort to aid the people of Ukraine is an inspiring banner for other individuals to gather around in order to help and raise up the image of humanity.[…]
Simchat Torah 5781
Simchat Torah is not really important in the Torah itself! There is a sequence of festivals starting with Rosh Hashanah and then Yom Kippur and then Sukkot, and at the end of this latter comes an ”Eighth Day marking the End, the Closure” – ‘Shemini Atzeret’. But the Rabbis of the Mishnaic period introduced – very importantly – a principle of regular readings from the Torah in their meetings – you can find details of some of the discussions in the Mishnah, Tractate Megillah –[…]
Pinchas
Beit Warszawa, 10th. July 2020 – I have met Pinchas many times. There seems indeed to be a Pinchas in almost every community I have served! He (or she) is enormously enthusiastic, deeply committed, impulsive, with a tendency to swift and extreme action that is not always thought through properly. They mean well and they […]
Pinchas
Beit Warszawa, 10 lipca 2020 – Poznałem Pinchasa wiele razy. W istocie wydaje się, że prawie w każdej społeczności, w jakiej służyłem, był jakiś Pinchas! Jest on (bądź ona) ogromnie entuzjastyczny, głęboko zaangażowany, impulsywny i ma skłonność do podejmowania szybkich i skrajnych działań, nie zawsze do końca przemyślanych. Mają dobre intencje i wiedzą, że realizują […]
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