Dominica Zakrzewska won the Dragons’ Den award in London at the World/European Union for Progressive Judaism biennial conference April 15 to 17. This award was given for the best pitch of ideas/programs in front of an audience and two prominent “Dragons” Rabbi Andrew Goldstein and Dr. Rosalind Copisarow. Each of the seven contestants were […]
David Wisnia (88), Child Prodigy, Auschwitz Survivor, Cantor, Joined by Grandson Avi
After spending three days teaching Beit Polska’s eight lay cantors Auschwitz Survivor David Wisnia reflected on his visit to Beit Warszawa. Fundacja Beit Warszawa, Congregation Beit Warszawa, and Beit Polska welcomed the Wisnias — grandson, Avi Wisnia who accompanied his grandfather, Cantor David Wisnia. Cantor Wisnia taught Beit Polska’s lay cantors music from Warsaw’s Great Synagogue known […]
Polish Graduate Student, Agata Ilwicka-Sheppard’s Radio Interview on PRI
We people are aware of the enormous goodwill and effort of a group of students of Jewish culture in Poland. These are graduate students of Poland’s many university programs in Hebrew, Yiddish, Jewish History and Culture that are found all over Poland. One of the most talented of this group was interviewed for PRI last […]
Her Brothers’ Keeper: Lucia Goodhart on Her Work with Jewish Renewal in Poland
By Joanna Auron-Gorska, PhD. Beit Polska board member October 2013 “If we have Jewish people who are making a life now in Poland, it behooves us, as our brothers’ keepers, to be involved positively“, says Lucia Czarny Goodhart. Goodhart is a Jew, an Israeli, an American and a Pole – all in one. Polish-born, she […]