Posts Tagged: Poland antisemitism
Fury in Poland Over ‘Antisemitic’ Defense of Pope John Paul II
Media personalities and Jewish organizations in Poland reacted with outrage over the weekend after one of the country's most popular weeklies published an interview with...
Polish National Bank Issues Coin Honoring Anti-Communist Leader Accused of Murdering Jews
Poland's National Bank has announced that it will issue a special silver coin commemorating a leading figure in the post-war anti-communist underground who was accused...
You Tube Urged to Act Against Far Right Polish Channel Targeting Jews, Ukrainian Refugees
A far right Polish YouTube channel with 250,000 subscribers is regularly producing content targeting Jews, the LGBTQ+ community and Ukrainian refugees, Poland's leading anti-racism association...
Antisemitic Books Pushing ‘Ritual Murder’ Myth On Display At Prestigious Fair in Poland
Crudely antisemitic books promoting Holocaust denial and depicting Jews as usurers have been showcased at a prestigious book fair in Poland that enjoys the backing...
‘Intolerable’: Poland Rejects Israeli Demand for Armed Guards to Accompany School Trips to Holocaust Sites
Israel's education ministry on Wednesday announced that it was canceling visits to Poland for thousands of Israeli school students over a dispute concerning security arrangements,...
British Authorities Urged to Deny Entry to Antisemitic Polish Politicians Planning to Speak at Community Event
An interfaith organization in the UK is calling on the British government to prevent the entry of two far-right Polish politicians accused of antisemitic and...
Latvian Parliament Approves $46 Million to Jewish Community in Compensation for Ravages of Nazi Holocaust
Latvia's parliament on Thursday passed legislation to compensate the Baltic state's Jewish community for the ravages of the Nazi Holocaust. The new law authorizes 40 million...
Polish Priest Who Faced Disciplinary Action After Denouncing Antisemitic Blood Libel Is Acquitted
A Polish Catholic priest and professor of theology has been acquitted by his university from disciplinary proceedings launched against him after he criticized a colleague...
Foundation Honoring Holocaust Hero Jan Karski Among Groups Blacklisted by Controversial Polish Education Official
A foundation named in honor of the World War II Polish resistance hero Jan Karksi has been included on a blacklist of more than 200...
‘Jews Are Leeches’: Rafal Ziemkiewicz, Poland’s Most Outspokenly Antisemitic Pundit, Lands His Own TV Talk Show
A Polish pundit notorious for vitriolic antisemitic tirades has landed his own television show on one of the country's most popular broadcast networks. Rafal Ziemkiewicz —...
‘I’m Being Treated Like A Criminal’ Says Polish Catholic Priest Facing Disciplinary Proceedings After Speaking Out Against Antisemitism
An outspoken Catholic priest and professor at one of Poland's leading universities will face a disciplinary hearing later this week where he will be asked...
Heard Again: Cries of ‘Death to the Jews!’ in a Polish City
JNS.org - In her recent co-authored book Philo-Semitic Violence: Poland’s Jewish Past in New Polish Narratives, the Warsaw-based literary scholar Elżbieta Janicka recounts an episode...
Polish Police Arrest Ringleaders of ‘Death to the Jews’ Rally in City of Kalisz as Outcry Continues
Polish police on Monday arrested the ringleaders of last week's virulently antisemitic demonstration in the town of Kalisz where participants shouted "Death to the Jews!"...
Israel’s Lapid Denounces ‘Shocking’ Antisemitic Rally in Poland
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid condemned a "horrific" far-right rally in Poland last week that featured antisemitic invective, calling for action against those behind the...
