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 […]
Beit Warszawa, Jewish Music, and Shabbes
By Haim Beliak Rabbis serving World Union for Progressive Judaism and the European Union for Progressive Judaism were invited to participate in a symposium that was published in The Reform Jewish Quarterly Fall 2013 entitled “Progressive Judaism Around the World: Paradigms of Peoplehood.” I wrote an article entitled “Beit Warszawa, Jewish Music, and Shabbes.” The […]
Re-joining the Family; Progressive Judaism in Poland
By Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, Introduction by Judy Manelis Kulanu Magazine, Spring 2013 Poland is the birthplace or origin of many of North America’s Jews. Some scholars even believe that 70-80% of American Jews have roots in Poland. Certainly, we know that the great intellectual and religious movements of Zionism and Hassidism flourished on Polish […]