The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/lublin/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:08:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Lublin | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/lublin/ 32 32 Owners of Lublin’s oldest bakery learn it had belonged to Jewish family killed by Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/owners-of-lublins-oldest-bakery-learn-it-had-belonged-to-jewish-family-killed-by-nazis/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:39:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3362061 Before 99% of the city's Jews were murdered, the Kuźmiuk Bakery brought customers from near and far; the descendants of the family who took over only learned of its origins in 2017

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]]> Thought to be destroyed by Nazis, books of the Lublin Yeshiva Library are turning up https://www.timesofisrael.com/thought-to-be-destroyed-by-nazis-books-of-the-lublin-yeshiva-library-are-turning-up/ Mon, 06 May 2024 07:03:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3214319 Though story has it that the texts were burned in 1939, this is uncorroborated. Local Piotr Nazaruk has located and digitized 850 of them - the tip of the iceberg, he says

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]]> Thousands evacuated after builder uncovers a WWII bomb in a Polish town https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-are-evacuated-after-a-builder-uncovers-a-wwii-bomb-in-a-polish-town/ Sat, 12 Aug 2023 02:50:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3070344 Some 14,000 moved out in Lublin to allow military experts to take away unexploded ordnance

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]]> World War II-era mass grave discovered in Lublin, Poland https://www.timesofisrael.com/world-war-ii-era-mass-grave-discovered-in-lublin-poland/ Sun, 21 May 2023 20:26:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3019532 Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich says he does not know whether the bodies are those of Jews

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]]> Jewish hotel in Poland offers free rooms to doctors fighting virus https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-hotel-in-poland-offers-free-rooms-to-doctors-fighting-virus/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:30:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2294812 Lublin's Hotel Ilan, once home to one of the largest yeshivas in the world, will also throw in free breakfast for medical professionals who don't want to expose family to pathogen

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]]> Israeli whose uncle was killed by Poles honors her mother’s rescuer https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-whose-uncle-was-killed-by-poles-honors-her-mothers-rescuer/ Sat, 22 Dec 2018 06:56:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1984528 Relatives of Antek Teklak receive a certificate from Yad Vashem recognizing him as a Righteous Among the Nations for hiding Jewish woman

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]]> After many fakes, Polish city Lublin sees first real Jewish wedding in decades https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-city-of-lublin-sees-first-jewish-wedding-in-decades/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:53:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1922446 According to local TV, the marriage of Yohanan Petrovsky-Stern and Anastasiia Simferovska, two academics with Ukrainian roots, is 'probably the first after Holocaust'

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]]> Muslim girls in Poland studying Holocaust turned away from synagogue https://www.timesofisrael.com/muslim-girls-in-poland-studying-holocaust-turned-away-from-synagogue/ Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:34:54 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1648738 Group says they were harassed by residents of Lublin, refused entry to house of worship because of head coverings

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]]> Barbados, a centuries-old Jewish haven for relaxation — and refuge https://www.timesofisrael.com/barbados-a-centuries-old-jewish-haven-for-relaxation-and-refuge/ Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:19:24 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1293735 Celebrating its independence this week, the Caribbean island has a storied Jewish history spanning from the Inquisition to the Holocaust

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]]> Is Sobibor to be the new ‘Disneyland’ of Nazi death camps? https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-sobibor-to-be-the-new-disneyland-of-nazi-death-camps/ Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:44:49 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1100751 Without a fence or a guard, Polish visitors walk their pets and ride bikes while crunching human bones lying exposed on the grounds

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]]> When the Law of Return does not apply to a Holocaust survivor https://www.timesofisrael.com/when-the-law-of-return-does-not-apply-to-a-holocaust-survivor/ Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:12:30 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1063876 Yaakov Weksler-Waszkinel, a Jewish-born, former Catholic priest, is denied automatic Israeli citizenship due to syncretic beliefs

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]]> Body of missing Polish Holocaust scholar found https://www.timesofisrael.com/body-of-missing-polish-holocaust-scholar-found/ Sun, 08 Jun 2014 20:28:13 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1002672 Robert Kuwalek, 47, disappeared in Ukraine on Thursday; cause of death still unknown

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]]> Poles call off unintentionally racist, anti-Semitic tolerance campaign https://www.timesofisrael.com/poles-call-off-unintentionally-racist-anti-semitic-tolerance-campaign/ Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:09:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=304456 Critics claim tickets for public transportation in Lublin -- intended to promote co-existence -- instead propagate hostile stereotypes

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]]> Nearly 70 years on, Holocaust survivor reunites with ‘Righteous’ rescuer https://www.timesofisrael.com/nearly-70-years-on-holocaust-survivor-reunites-with-righteous-rescuer/ Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:59:28 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=296510 At 85, Polish woman takes her first flight to meet the Jewish 'cousin' her parents hid from the Nazis

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]]> In the former ‘Jerusalem of Poland,’ a Catholic couple spreads a passion for Israeli hummus https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-lublin-the-former-jerusalem-of-poland-a-catholic-couple-spreads-a-passion-for-israeli-hummus/ Sun, 07 Oct 2012 03:21:08 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=241908 Restaurateurs Izabela and Kamil Kozlowska serve an array of Jewish specialties at their remarkable eatery -- and require waiters to greet visitors with 'shalom'

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