I began this year, 5784, with a remarkable and memorable journey. Your rabbi, Audrey Korotkin, has asked me to share something of that story with you. I hope that sharing my insights will spark some questions for you about your Jewish story: your Jewish past, your Jewish present, your Jewish future.

Since I retired from serving the Union for Reform Judaism for nearly two decades, I have been blessed to serve several congregations here in the U.S. I was exploring the possibility of service in Europe, and connected with Rabbi Haim Beliak, who has been working to support and fund Progressive Judaism in Poland for over two decades…