Posts Tagged: Warsaw Ghetto
Pope Francis References ‘State of Palestine,’ Makes Surprise Stop at Security Fence
JNS.org - During his visit to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday, Pope Francis said he hoped "all will refrain from initiatives...
The Winter of Our Discontent
If you're feeling down, stop reading right now. You're only going to be more depressed. This is the winter of our discontent. Morbid, morose, awful weather...
Holocaust Hideout in Warsaw Destroyed by Polish Couple
JNS.org - A Polish couple pleaded guilty to the desecration of a historic site for destroying a Holocaust-era Jewish hideout in the Warsaw apartment...
My Promise to the ‘Lion of Judah’
In August of last year I was invited to the premiere of a Holocaust documentary at the Quad Cinema in Greenwich Village entitled 'Lion of...
Poland Marks 70th Anniversary of Warsaw Uprising by Honoring Veteran of the Fight
Friday was the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and to commemorate the event the city will open its new Museum of the History...
Warsaw Ghetto Site of Newly Opened Museum to Show Jews Not a ‘Footnote to Polish History’
WARSAW—The Museum of the History of Polish Jews is built on the hallowed ground of the Warsaw Ghetto, literally on a site of genocide, at...
Poll: 45% of Polish High School Students Would be ‘Unhappy’ if Family Member Was Discovered to be Jewish
A high proportion of Polish schoolchildren are openly anti-Semitic, according to a new survey carried out at schools across the capital city Warsaw. The poll,...
70 Years Later, Recalling the First Battle Against the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto
Seventy years ago this month, the Nazis began their second deportation of the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. In response, on Jan. 18,...
Hitler Statue at Site of Warsaw Ghetto Stirs Controversy
An Italian artist's exhibition that includes a statue of a kneeling Hitler placed at the former location of the Warsaw Ghetto has angered Polish Jews and...
Defiance, Then Destruction: Chanukah in the Warsaw Ghetto
"Never before in Jewish Warsaw were there as many Hanukkah celebrations as in this year of the wall." That entry from the diary of Hebrew educator Chaim Kaplan...
Defending Jewish Children: Then and Now
I am reading a book called The Boy, in which Israeli historian Dan Porat unravels the story around perhaps the most powerful image of the Holocaust....
A Gradual Commitment to Saving Lives “In Darkness”
Although films about the Holocaust have long been well-established fare in popular culture (as early as 1946, Orson Welles' thriller, The Stranger, was...
Stories of the ‘Jewish Pope’ – Rabbi Israel Meir Lau
Israel Meir Lau, the former Chief Rabbi of Israel -and both former and current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv - shared the stage...
