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Breaking News Polish Tourism Chief Fired After Yanking Auschwitz From Journalist Itineraries
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) – The president of the national tourist organization in Poland was fired after noting in a newspaper interview that he had removed the Auschwitz memorial from the itinerary for foreign journalists’ visits. Marek Olszewski, who has held his post since March, also suggested a similar move for the Museum of the History…
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Fast Forward Polish Jewish Leader: ‘Court Jews’ Met With Right-Wing Party Founder
(JTA) — In an escalation of a row among Polish Jews over the government’s responsibility for a perceived increase in anti-Semitic rhetoric, a communal leader called Jews who met with a senior politician his “court Jews.” Sergiusz Kowalski, the president of the Polish branch of B’nai B’rith, made the remark in an interview about Artur Hofman,…
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Fast Forward Foreign Volunteers Clean Historic Jewish Cemetery In Poland
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — An international group of 18 volunteers from seven countries are cleaning a Jewish cemetery in Warsaw with the help of with the help of volunteer Polish scouts. The work on the Jewish cemetery at Okopowa Street in Warsaw began on August 16, and will continue through August 24. The organizer of…
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Breaking News Are Polish Jewish Leaders Exaggerating Anti-Semitism?
(JTA) — The president of Poland’s largest Jewish group accused other Jewish leaders of exaggerating the country’s anti-Semitism problem as part of a “political war” on the right-wing ruling party. Artur Hofman, who heads the TSKZ cultural organization of Polish Jews, defended the government Wednesday during an interview with JTA about a meeting that he…
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Fast Forward Historian Seeks To Exhume 340 Jews Murdered By Polish Neighbors
(JTA) — A senior state historian in Poland is seeking the exhumation of bodies of Jews murdered by Polish villagers, citing a witness whom he said claims that Germans organized the slaughter. Krzysztof Krasowski, a leader of the regional office of the Institute of National Remembrance, or IPN, in Białystok, last month sent the request…
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News Polish Villagers Hold Jewish Wedding Without Jews
(JTA) — Nostalgia for Jews is a well-documented phenomenon in Eastern Europe, with cultural and even substantial commercial aspects. In Ukraine, so-called Jewish-themed restaurants with pork-heavy menus compete for tourists, while figurines of Jews are sold at markets as good luck charms. In Poland, graffiti reading “I miss you, Jew” have become a common sight. Beyond…
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Yiddish World The Israeli Embassy in Poland Can Do More to Win Friends For Israel
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. People living outside of Poland often don’t understand how crucial the Israeli ambassadorship is to the Polish people. In fact, Poland has a very special relationship with Israel. Most Poles will tell you that both nations have a common historical legacy. This is precisely why the embassy…
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Fast Forward Warsaw’s 211-Year-Old Jewish Cemetery Devastated By Storm
A recent violent summer storm toppled countless of graves and split thousands of trees in Warsaw’s Jewish Cemetery. The cemetery, founded in 1806, is largely abandoned and has only a few volunteers to maintain its 83 acres and 250,000 marked headstones. “This scene is terrible,” a visitor told the ultra-Orthodox newspaper Hamevasser. “Thousands of Jewish…
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