Prawo wewnętrzne gmin wyznaniowych żydowskich w Polsce a normy ustawowe
The Internal Law of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland vs. Statutory Standards

Summary/Abstract: The Internal Law referred to in Article 3(2) of the Act of 20 February 1997 on the relationship between State and Jewish religious communities in the Republic of Poland garners special attention given the unusual - compared with other acts regulating religious affairs - organizational structure of the religious association covered by this act. It is reinforced by the fact that Jewish religious persons take part in the broad process of resolving the issues pertaining to Jewish property. The analysis of the Internal Law of 15 January 2006 against the backdrop of the mentioned act shows that in the proposed provisions the religious legislator had adopted a concept of the system governing its religious association that is materially different from the concept prescribed in the act. It created an entity known as the Religious Jewish Community, made up of organizational units defined in the act and independently established units (including the branches of the Union of Jewish Religious Communities). In particular, it enabled the people of Mosaic persuasion to have the membership outside the Jewish communities (directly in the Union), thus vesting lesser rights in such members than in any members of the communities. The system of the Union bodies was designed in such a way that the representatives of the communities constitute only a fraction of the collective bodies deciding on the key issues of the religious association's activity.

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