Dear Sirs/ Madammes,
>
> Today a breakthrough event for the Jewish history in Poland has taken
> place. The graduation ceremony of the Chabad Yeshiva has taken place at
> Hilton Hotel. Yeshiva is a Talmudic school of higher education for future
>
> rabbis.
>
> Please find more information in attached documents and pictures (Word,
> txt).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marta Tybora
> Press Office of the Chabad Lubavitch in Poland
> Mobile: (48)723 287 394
> e-mail: prasa@chabad.org.pl
>
> Milena Szyc
> Press Office of the Chabad Lubavitch in Poland
> Mobile: (48)603 200 485
> e-mail: milena@chabad.org.pl
> chabad.org.pl
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>
>
Some time ago Lublin yeshiva was renovated and now Chabad makes some graduation ceremonies in Warsaw. What the hell is going on?
I wonder who needs a yeshiva in Poland. I live in a city with a great Jewish past but nowadays it is hard even to collect a minyan there. I think there are too little religious Jews for a yeshiva to be needed. And Chabad? All the Chassidim I've ever seen in Poland were visitors from Israel or rabbis. It is goddamn hard for a Chassid to live in Poland (where to get kosher food from? where to go to mikvah? etc.).
No, I think it makes no sense. Poland is not a good place for Chassidim. There are a lot of Chabad institutions in the US - what is the sense of re-planting this movement in Poland? I don't belive it can work.
Indeed, I find myself agreeing. I'm Jewish myself and I was always told "Poland is now a graveyard for the Jews!"
As other posters here are aware, I've been to Poland and felt zero hostility on the part of anyone, even when I told them I was Jewish. My name is not at all Jewish and as far as my appearance? There are dark Poles, there are fair-haired Spaniards:)-:)
Ironically, the Jews of Poland, especially the former Soviet Union, were all flocking to Germany following reunification.
Go and figure.
