Posts Tagged: Poland anti-Semitism
Polish Organization Aims to Restore Country’s Jewish Heritage, Building Bridges and Awareness
JNS.org - Michał Laszczkowski, CEO of Poland’s Cultural Heritage Foundation, spends a great deal of time discussing Jewish law with rabbis at various Jewish cemeteries...
Why Would Any Jews Spend Money in Poland?
Approximately three million Jews -- 90% of Polish Jewry -- were murdered during World War II on Polish soil. The majority of them perished in concentration and death camps, such as...
Poland and Its Jews
Poland recently passed a law making it illegal and a criminal offense to claim that the Nazi death camps built during the Second World War on Polish territory...
Polish-Jewish Relations: A Case Study in What Can Go Wrong
One day, I fear that what is currently happening in Polish-Israeli and Polish-Jewish relations will become a case study for how an outwardly strong partnership can unravel...
Why the AJC Is Going to Poland
I grew up in a home that was hardly pro-Polish. Poland was seen as a country where antisemitism was historically widespread, and -- at times...
Poland’s Very Short Memory on Jews and the Holocaust
The Polish national anthem, in a glass-half-full kind of way, solemnly declares, "Poland is not yet lost." These optimistic words, which do not actually sound...
Polish-Jewish Relations Are Real Victim of Ritual Slaughter Controversy
JNS.org - The world of Polish-Jewish relations is confronting a crisis over kosher slaughter of animals. Both kosher and Muslim halal slaughtering rules forbid...
Preserving Kosher Slaughter and Judaism in Poland
Three months ago, I was in Poland as part of a UK Jewish Delegation organised by the Polish embassy in London. The purpose of our...
Polish Parliament Refuses to Recognize Religious Slaughter
JNS.org - Jewish groups have condemned a July 12 vote in the Sejm, the lower house of Poland's parliament, rejecting a bill that would...
