Posts Tagged: Poland Jews
Polish Education Minister Denies Pogroms Against Jews
JNS.org - Polish Education Minister Anna Zalewska has come under fire for remarks appearing to deny Polish responsibility for two massacres of Jews, one during the...
Holocaust Historian Probed for Claim That Poles Killed More Jews Than the Nazis
JNS.org - Polish-American Holocaust historian Jan Tomasz Gross is being investigated by a Polish state prosecutor for potentially publicly insulting Poland with a statement he made...
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...
Memorial to Polish Rescuers of Jews During WWII Sparks Strong Opposition
As a Catholic Pole, Elka shouldn't even have been in the ghetto of Czestochowa, in southern Poland. But the nanny was so devoted to the...
Polish Members of Parliament Voice Public Support of Israel
Warsaw - This past week, the Polish Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucus was launched in the Polish parliament. An Israeli delegation from the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus...
Exploring My New Polish Identity
In 2009, my elder two daughters both had plans to move to western Europe, so they asked me to apply for Polish citizenship. This would...
Jewish Groups Mourn Former Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki
JNS.org - Jewish organizations are mourning the death of former Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, who died Monday at the age of 86. Originally a...
New JCC Set to Open in Warsaw in Sign of Jewish Revival
JNS.org - In a sign of the growing revival of Polish Jewish life, a new Jewish Community Center is set to open in Warsaw...
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...
Polish Newly Discovered Jews Travel to Israel for First Time
JNS.org - Six young Polish Jews arrived in Israel on Wednesday for a seminar by Shavei Israel, an organization that strives to connect individuals...
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...
Israel Calls Polish Ban on Kosher Slaughter ‘Crude Blow’ to Tradition
Reuters - Israel criticized on Monday the extension of Poland's ban on kosher meat production, saying it damaged efforts to rehabilitate Jewish life in a...
Poland’s Jewish Renaissance Brings to Light ‘Underpinnings’ of Judeo-Christian Western Culture
JNS.org - June 28 will mark the start of the 23rd annual Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland, whose closing event is a concert that routinely...
