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Fast Forward In Krakow, A JCC Preschool Signals Hope For Rebirth
KRAKOW, Poland (JTA) — Michal Zielinski, a 47-year-old from this city, grew up unaware of his Jewish roots. Thirty years after discovering that his paternal family is Jewish, following the death of his grandmother, Zielinski and his wife, Elizabeth are active members of the Jewish Community Center of Krakow, participating in programs with their 3…
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Culture The Mystery Behind The Lost Books Of A Cherished Lublin Yeshiva
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. S. Y. Stupnitsky, a forgotten twentieth-century Jewish journalist, made a prescient observation about the great historic Jewish structures in Europe: “Jews built them, and today non-Jews possess them.” Stupnitsky’s words certainly ring true about Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin, the educational brainchild of Meir Shapiro, a Polish rabbi who…
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Fast Forward 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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Fast Forward 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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