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Opinion Meet the Long-Lost Jews of Jedwabne
Courtesy of Marcel Lozinski On July 10, 1941, the Polish villagers of Jedwabne engaged in a mad orgy of torture and murder, aimed at their Jewish neighbors. Anna Bikont, a Polish journalist and columnist, tells this horrifying story in her new book, “The Crime and the Silence.” Part history, part memoir, the book will be…
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Fast Forward 2 Pre-World War II Polish Torah Scrolls Restored
The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland will save two pre-World War II Torah scrolls using a grant received from the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland. The Torah scrolls are originally from Zamosc and Zwierzyniec. After restoration the Zamosc scroll will be exhibited in a display case in the…
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The Schmooze Katy Perry Visits Auschwitz
Katy Perry took a break from the European leg of her “Prismatic World Tour” to visit Auschwitz on Wednesday. The pop star posted shared a picture of the concentration camp with her 15 million Instagram followers with the following caption: “My heart was heavy today. For ever let this place be a cry of despair…
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Fast Forward Polish Culture Ministry Rejects Request To Renovate Historic Synagogue
The Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage has turned down a request to support the renovation of a historic synagogue in Przysucha in southern Poland. The titleholder of the synagogue, the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, has rejected the decision, and is working to convince federal officials to change their…
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Fast Forward Nazi Drum Made From Torah Scroll Is Preserved
A Holocaust commemoration group brought from Poland to Israel a drum that was made out of a Torah scroll and belonged to a Nazi sympathizer. The drum was found last month by volunteers of the From The Depths organization in the basement of a man who lived in a village near the central Polish city…
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News Warsaw Ghetto Survivor Now Backs Monument to Righteous Gentiles
The controversy surrounding a monument to honor Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust has taken yet another turn, as Simcha Rotem, a prominent survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, has reconfirmed his support for the project, days after signing a letter protesting its location. Rotem said that he supports locating the monument on the site…
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Culture Does ‘Ida’ Misrepresent Poland’s Treatment of Jews?
Every year since 1963, Poland has submitted a movie for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Nine of the country’s past submissions have been shortlisted for the prize, and 2015 marks the 10th: “Ida,” a black-and-white film about a Polish nun (Agata Trzebuchowska) who discovers she is Jewish and that her parents were…
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Fast Forward Vandals Deface Fence of Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw
Unknown vandals defaced the fence of a Jewish cemetery in Warsaw, considered to be one of the largest in Europe. The attack on the Jewish cemetery on Okopowa Street in Warsaw was discovered on Saturday. Burials still occur in part of the cemetery. The vandals wrote on the fence with red spray paint: “Jews for…
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