Posts Tagged: Poland
Survey: Israelis Expect Rise in European Antisemitism, With Eye on France, Poland and Germany
A majority of Israelis are concerned that outbreaks of antisemitism in Europe will continue to rise and affect Jewish life, according to a poll by...
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...
Auschwitz-Birkenau Site Vandalized With Antisemitic, Holocaust Denial Graffiti
Wooden barracks at the Auschwitz II -Birkenau death camp memorial site in Poland were vandalized with antisemitic phrases as well as Holocaust denial slogans, staff...
Poland’s Troubling Legislation, and the United States’ Unwavering Commitment to Holocaust Era Justice
On Saturday, August 14, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a new bill into law that seeks to make it virtually impossible for all former Polish...
Poland to Reexamine Israeli Youth Trips, Saying They Spread Hatred of Country
i24 News - Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński on Monday said that the country would reexamine educational trips by Israeli youth for allegedly spreading...
Polish Appeals Court Dismisses Claims Against Holocaust Book Historians
An appeals court ruled on Monday that two historians accused of tarnishing the memory of a Polish villager in a book about the Holocaust need...
Israel Furious as Poland’s President Signs Bill to Limit Property Claims
Poland's president has decided to sign a bill that would set limits on the ability of Jews to recover property seized by Nazi German occupiers...
After Latest Legislation on Stolen Jewish Property, It’s Time to Cut Ties With Poland’s Government
JNS.org - Poland is awash in antisemitism, and it is the government in Warsaw that is setting the hateful tone amid the worst breakdown in...
Europe to Hold First Jewish LGBT+ Pride with Prayers and Debate
Europe will celebrate its first continent-wide Jewish LGBT+ Pride on Saturday against a backdrop of rising concern about antisemitism and homophobia in countries such as Hungary, Poland and...
The Historical Problem With Poland
JNS.org - The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) launched a new website last month titled “Protect the Facts” for the purpose of addressing Holocaust “distortion.” “Distortion”...
Poland and Jews: Co-Authors of History?
When I read about the appointment of a new Polish Deputy Minister of Education, Tomáz Rzymkowski, who asserts that Jews have too much power, I...
Netanyahu Urges European Leaders to Block Kosher Slaughter Ban
JNS.org – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written to a number of European leaders, asking that they allow kosher slaughter to continue in their...
An Antisemitic, Totalitarian Wind Blows in Poland as Right-Wing Consolidates Power
JNS.org - I’ve known Rafal Pankowski, the Polish academic and campaigner against antisemitism and racism, for almost 20 years, but I don’t think I’ve heard...
US Ambassador Says EU Criticism of Poland ‘Overblown’
The US ambassador to Poland said the European Union's criticism of Poland's adherence to democracy is "overblown," as Warsaw faces cuts to EU budget funds...
