Rabbi Avi Baumol, Shavei Israel's emissary in Krakow, traveled to USA where he had the opportunity to lecture in several venues about his work in Poland. Rabbi Baumol was the scholar-in-residence both at the Young Israel of Hollywood, and also on a cruise in which...
Chanukah, the festival of lights, is here, uniting the Jewish people all over the world by its magic atmosphere of joy, hope and anticipation, as it has for millennia. Let's take a look at different traditions and celebration highlights from some of our various communities...
As previously reported, Shavei Israel communities all over the world had a lot of plans to celebrate the State of Israel on Independence Day. Now you can enjoy photos from the beautiful ceremonies in Shavei Israel's absorption center in Kfar Hasidim; in Manipur, India; the...
Students at Jagiellonia University in Krakow received a special lecture on Jewish Law from Shavei Israel’s emissary to the city, Rabbi Avi Baumol. 83 people attended the lecture, which took place at a school, where prior to World War II, 31 percent of the students...
We started with India, but let's move west and south now, as we visit check out the sukka building in Krakow Poland and Belmonte Portugal, before jaunting to South America where we see what the Bnei Anousim communities in Colombia and El Salvador are building....
Shavei Israel's emissary to Krakow Rabbi Avi Baumol invited members of the Jewish community to a pre-Rosh Hashana kids and families dinner. The turn out was more than Rabbi Baumol expected: 47 people "sharing in the Rosh Hashana joy."...
by Rabbi Avi Baumol Apfel Fredryka? Jestem. Bauman Jadwiga? Jestem. Bauman Irena? Jestem. Becker Sonia? (7-years-old) Jestem. Binzer, Krystyna? (12-years-old) Jestem. Blumenfeld Bronisława? (8-years-old) Jestem. Jestem… I am sitting in a school witnessing a roll call of 87 students. As the principal calls out the name of each one, another young woman responds...
As the Jewish world gears up to celebrate Shavuot, the holiday marking the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai, Shavei Israel communities are getting in the spirit too with all night learning sessions, early morning prayers and festive meals. Here's...
A new book of commentaries on the Torah portion of the week - in Polish - will be published in the coming weeks. The book, a compilation of Rabbi Avi Baumol’s weekly columns, was made possible with the support of Shavei Israel. We have a...
This week the world marked Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Poland, the day has added meaning with the annual March of the Living, where thousands march from the Auschwitz to Birkenau concentration camps. Shavei Israel's emissary to Krakow Avi Baumol describes this year's...
