(Poland & USA, 2016, 83 min) Bogdan’s Journey will screen on March 8, 2017 at 7 pm at the Laemmle Theater, Music Hall 3, Beverly Hills, CA, followed by Q&A with: Bogdan Bielak, film protagonist Professor Michael Barenbaum, Director of the Sigi Zieirng Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust, AJU Michal […]
70th Commemoration of the Kielce Pogrom; Insider’s Poland Summer 2016
This past summer, on July 2, the people of Kielce gathered for the premier of the documentary Bogdan’s Journey. The movie describes a series of public conversations and ceremonies led by Dr. Bialek that focused attention on the events of the July 4, 1946 pogrom. Until the arrival of Dr. Bogdan Bialek the events were “forgotten” […]
March of the Living in Warsaw
Welcoming Visitors to Poland The March of the Living visited Warsaw on May 6 and 7, 2016. This annual gathering brings thousands of young people and adults from all over Europe, Israel, North America and Russia to Poland. The central activity of expressions of solidarity with the victims of the Holocaust is expressed in march from […]
Three Nights, Three Concerts
Celebrating the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland Jewish Renewal in Poland is proud to present three concert events in the Los Angeles area featuring Cantor and Holocaust survivor David S. Wisnia accompanied by his grandson Avi Wisnia, with contemporary Polish cantors Rivka Foremniak and Menachem Mirski. The concerts will benefit the work of the […]
How A Torah Given; Many Hands and Hearts
Matan Torah We are overjoyed at the arrival of a Torah that has journeyed back to Europe to the community in Gdansk called Beit Trojmiasto (Tri-Cities). Beit Trojmiasto is part of a network of Progressive Polish synagogues under the auspices of World/European Union for Progressive Judaism. The story of this marvelous set of coincidences begins […]
Sabbath Celebration in Zielona Gora
Beit Polska is proud to support a new group emerging in Zielona Gora, Poland. Pictured are the preparations for a Shabbat. We are very glad to report that despite the summer holidays the community event was well attended. Zielona Gora (Greenberg, Green Mountain) is in the western regions of Poland. The community has begun to train […]
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Match My Torah!
Congregations die, and other congregations need their Torah scrolls From Tablet Magazine, 7/13/16, By Jan Jaben-Eilon In April, Sarnat facilitated the donation of a Torah by Temple Hadar Israel in New Castle, Pennsylvania, to Beit Centrum Ki Tov, a brand new Progressive congregation in the center of Warsaw, Poland. In a couple of whirlwind weeks, […]
David Wisnia, Avi Wisnia, Piotr Mirski, and Rivka Foremniak
Please enjoy a remarkable Warsaw concert by David Wisnia and his grandson, Avi Wisnia. The concert took place October 24, 2015 in new concert venue in the Praga district of Warsaw. Many people remarked on the powerful symbolism of David Wisnia’s pride in returning to Poland and telling the narrative of his life which he […]
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