Sivan Rahav-Meir finds common ground wherever she lands
Warsaw, Poland, at the annual shabbaton organized by Chabad of Poland. This year’s theme was, “Even Now, We Come Together.”
More than 200 members of Poland’s revived Jewish community. This was one of the first times since the Holocaust that such a large group of Polish Jews met in order to learn more, connect, and grow.
Upon my return to Israel, I resolved to look inward and identify areas for personal growth, even in things that seem insignificant. And I resolved to be more cognizant of all the blessings in my life, embracing them with joy and a deep sense of Jewish pride.
When my agent told me about this upcoming booking, my initial thought was, Poland? What’s there to do in Poland? My Holocaust survivor grandmother, Savta Ada Rosentrauch a”h, hailed from the town of Piotrokov in Poland. But that diaspora is finished. After the Holocaust she made aliyah, and the next generation was already born in Israel. How many Jews are even left in Poland? And why spend Shabbos with them?
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