Jewish People/Synagogues

What do you really know about Jewish life in Poland?

Did you know that there are 30,000 + Jews in Poland? There are many vibrant Jewish communities and Jewish institutions organizing lessons with Hebrew lessons, Sunday schools for children etc. and there are even Jewish Cultural Festivals, Book Fares, and Jewish press? There are also Jewish student organizations, Jewish elementary, middle and kindergarden schools in Poland. It is also a crime in Poland to deny that the Holocaust, as well as Poland is one of Isreal's strongest allies in Europe.

There are many organizations here in Poland, and some are; Association of Children of the Holocaust in Poland, Auschwitz Jewish Center, Beit Warszawa, Progressive Jewish Association, Foundatiof of Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, Jewish Press, Polish Council of Christians and Jews, and many many more.

If you want to learn more you can contact;
Beit Warszawa
http://www.beit.org.pl/
office@beit.org.pl
ul.Wiertnicza 113
02-952 Warszawa
Tel. (+44 22) 885 26 38

There is also the synagogue Beit Warszawa, where they have many people attend on Friday nights, as well as the important holidays of Passover, Rosh Ha Shana, Chanukah, etc. Beit Warszawa is a reform synagogue where the Rabbi, Burt Schumann is from New York and he is an accomplished cantor in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish.

There is also an orthodox synagogue, Nożyk Synagogue (also called Beit Hatfutsot) located at 6 Twarda Street in downtown Warsaw. And, it is the only pre-Holocaust Synagogue that has survived in Poland.  Nozyk Synagogue; interior

If you want to read more about the Nozyk Synagogue you can visit their museum website:
http://www.bh.org.il/database-article.aspx?77801