Before this famous Polish bakery ‘opened’ in 1944, it belonged to a Jewish family killed by the Nazis
The third-generation owners of Kuźmiuk Bakery say they only learned of the site’s pre-war history in the past decade
The third-generation owners of Kuźmiuk Bakery say they only learned of the site’s pre-war history in the past decade
The films ‘Treasure,’ ‘Delegation’ and ‘A Real Pain’ use tours of Poland as a backdrop for character studies
For secular Jewish socialists in prewar Poland, 'doikayt' wasn't just a word, but a bold political statement
The protester, who unfurled a Palestinian flag, stood silently during the ceremony to mark the anniversary of the uprising against the Nazis
My friend Sharon and I collaborated with community leaders to restore the memory of Jewish life in Radom, Poland
David Stromberg, the Yiddishist behind a new collection of the Nobel Prize winner's essays for the Forward, talks about the challenges of bringing his work to a modern audience
A dogged researcher has so far identified 800 surviving books from a library thought burned during the Holocaust
Six stories highlight the lasting trauma of the Shoah — and the ways survivors came to thrive, afterward
ייִדישע ליטעראַטן, װאָס האָבן געטרײַ געדינט די קאָמוניסטישע רעזשימען, האָבן גענוצט זײערע פּריװילעגיעס כּדי אָפּצוהיטן ייִדיש.
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