Workshops

Jewish ABC

Żydowskie ABC Gwiazda Dawida w kolorze biało-niebieskim.
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A series of meetings around the basic concepts of Judaism and Jewish culture.

Previous events

  • Who is a Jew? – meeting 
    Agata Rakowiecka, director of JCC Warsaw, Małgorzata Kordowicz, a rabbi, and a guest will seek answers to questions: who is a Jew, are you Jewish only if your mother is Jewish? Jewish ABC is a new series of meetings and workshops dealing with basic ideas in Judaism and Jewish culture, co-organised by the Jewish Community Centre (JCC Warsaw).
    22 November, 6.30PM, free admission
     
  • Who is a Jew? – workshop 
    Experts and people searching for their roots will talk about theory and practice of genealogical studies.
    27 November, 6PM, free admission, meeting will be held at JCC Warsaw
     
  • What is circumcision? – meeting 
    What is brit milah and what is its religious and cultural significance? Agata Rakowiecka, Rabbi Małgorzata Kordowicz and a guest in conversation.
    13 December, 6.30PM, free admission
     
  • What is circumcision? – film screening
    Partly Private by Danae Elon is a personal and slightly ironic look at the ritual of male circumcision.
    18 December, 6PM, free admission, meeting held at the JCC Warsaw
     
  • What is kosher? – culinary workshops in the Jewish ABC series
    Cooking together under the eye of Maryla Musidłowska and Kuba Chojecki. We will find out about the rules of preparing meals from dairy and meat products in Jewish kosher cuisine.
    22 January, 6-10 PM – dairy meals; workshop at the Jewish Community Center
  • What is kosher? – meeting
    24 January, 6.30 PM, free admission
    Paulina Kakareko of JJC Warsaw and Rabbi Małgorzata Kordowicz and invited guests will tell us what is kashrut. What is kosher food and where can we find the rules that apply to it? How to behave in a kosher house?
     
  • What is kosher? – workshops - meat meals
    29 January, 6 PM, Menora InfoPunkt, pl. Grzybowski 2
    Cooking together under the eye of Maryla Musidłowska and Kuba Chojecki. We will find out about the rules of preparing meals from dairy and meat products in Jewish kosher cuisine.
     
  • What are Jewish languages? – meeting
    21 February, 6.30 PM, POLIN Museum, free admission
    Rabbi Małgorzata Kordowicz and invited guests will talk about languages used by Jewish cmmunities in ISrael and the Diaspora. Where do people still speak Yiddish and Ladino? What is the history of Hebrew? 
     
  • What are Jewish languages? – workshops
    26 February, 6 - 8 PM, free admission, reservation required ([email protected])
    Introduction to learning Hebrew, JCC Warsaw, 9A Chmielna St.

  • What is kippah? On the elements of the Jewish dress
    21 March, 6:30 PM, free admission

  • What is kippah? On the elements of the Jewish dress
    26 March, 6:00 PM, free admission

  • What is mitzvah? Jewish ABC - workshops at the JCC
    23 April, 6.30 PM, free admission
     
  • What is mitzvah? Jewish ABC - meeting at POLIN Museum
    25 April, 6 PM, free admission
     
  • What is Kibbutz? – a discussion
    20 June, 6.30 PM, free admission
     
  • Tora - a meeting
    5 September, 6 PM, free admission 
     
  • Talmud - a meeting
    3 October, 6 PM, free admission
     
  • Rabbi - a meeting
    19 November, 6 PM, free admission
     
  • Synagogue - a meeting
    12 December, 6 PM, free admission

 

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