PUBLISHED, JUNE 2015! We know many of you contributed to this wonderful new prayer book, thank you. Congratulations to Rabbi Gil Nativ and Marek Jezowski for their diligent editorial and translation work. Now is the time to make a substantial gift to Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland. The Sidur will be available on Amazon.com […]
What are Poland’s Kosher Battles About?
August 2, 2013 — Beit Polska the Union for Progressive Jewish Congregations in Poland (originally published in Beit Warszawa Newsletter)Beit Polska, the Progressive Jewish community of Poland calls upon the Sejm to permit the preparation of kosher meat. Progressive Jews have developed their own views and practices of Shechitah. Shechitah is defined as being mindful that care of […]
Kosher Meat in Poland – A Matter of Proper Food and Integrity
Mr. Cnaan Liphshiz who is a journalist for JTA, the newspaper of record in the Jewish communal world addressed a question to Rabbi Beliak. A portion of what Rabbi Beliak told JTA appeared in a recent JTA story. The initial questions surrounding Kosher supervision in Poland arose in July and August 2013. The question of […]
Father Wojciech Lemanski’s Bialystok Visit
Bialystok, Poland February 12, 2014 Father Wojciech Lemanski visited Bialystok, Poland yesterday on a trip to promote his new book, written in co-operation with the journalist Anna Wacławik-Orpik. Despite a busy schedule, Fr. Lemanski took time to visit a controversial fountain located in a public park. The defunct fountain was constructed in the 1950s or 1960s from Jewish gravestones. Fr. Lemanski […]
Rabbi Beliak’s Poland Visit 2014
Shalom Aleichem – May Peace be with You* * Malinowski Lech, “Szalom Alejchem – Pokój Wam”, published in the “Kurier Międzyrzecki”, nr 2 (276), p. 23 As part of the “Second Meeting with Jewish Culture” at the Museum in Międzyrzecz a lecture entitled “Judaism – the elder brother of Christianity” took place. The guest-speaker was […]
Rabbi Havivi Visits and Teaches in Poland, January 2014
Rabbi Avi Havivi visited Poland in January for a whirlwind ten days of lectures, visits and friendship development. Beit Polska’s program of encouraging rabbis and other informed teacher from the various movements of Judaism attempts to teach and inspire people who are curious about Judaism. Dr Havivi gave a formal academic presentation at the annual Day of Judaism conference […]
THE CROOKED MIRROR: A MEMOIR OF POLISH-JEWISH RECONCILIATION BY LOUISE STEINMAN
Retrieving a Family’s Thread in Poland Book Review by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak *Note: Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland secured the rights to the Polish translation in June, 2020. Translation shall commence shortly. Louise Steinman’s The Crooked Mirror: A Memoir of Polish- Jewish Reconciliation, interrupts the two universes of meaning hanging on the phrase: […]
Preparing a conversation about “Aftermath” for American Jewish audiences
“Aftermath” is a movie thriller that powerfully focuses on issues related to Jews and Catholics — and many others — in the complex world of Poland during and after World War II. This Polish made film is not a documentary but uses elements from a Polish national conversation sparked by Princeton historian Jan Gross’ historical study entitled Neighbors. The book’s disturbing findings […]
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