The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/michael-schudrich/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:33:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Michael Schudrich | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/michael-schudrich/ 32 32 Polish city throws bubble party on playground over Jewish graves https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-city-throws-bubble-party-on-playground-over-jewish-graves/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 21:25:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3028908 Chief rabbi of Poland sends letter of complaint to mayor Kazimierz Dolny, says city has refused to engage on protecting remains still buried beneath razed cemetery

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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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]]> Polish museum scraps Christian children’s show featuring threats to beat Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-museum-scraps-christian-childrens-show-featuring-threats-to-beat-jews/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 08:31:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2998583 Museum of Krakow had been showing a nativity scene production that berated Jews for being 'ashamed of the Messiah'

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]]> At Hanukkah reception, Polish president thanks Jews for aiding Ukrainian refugees https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-hanukkah-reception-polish-president-thanks-jews-for-aiding-ukrainian-refugees/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 21:46:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2903122 Andrzej Duda notes that country's Jewish community has been active in organizing housing, food, education and other services for Ukrainian Jews and non-Jews alike

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]]> Poland’s chief rabbi leads effort to receive Ukrainian Jewish refugees https://www.timesofisrael.com/polands-chief-rabbi-leads-effort-to-receive-ukrainian-jewish-refugees/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 22:50:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2712108 Michael Shudrich says dozens have been helped by ad hoc crisis group, as community prepares for many more displaced people fleeing Russian invasion

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]]> Jewish group seeks to stall plan to finally commemorate Krakow concentration camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-group-seeks-to-stall-plan-to-finally-commemorate-krakow-concentration-camp/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:07:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2652043 Fear of an antisemitic backlash causes some local Jews to join residents and environmental activists in pushing back against municipal plans to mark the notorious Plazsow site

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]]> Outrage after activists place ashes of ‘Auschwitz victims’ outside Reichstag https://www.timesofisrael.com/outrage-after-activists-place-ashes-of-auschwitz-victims-outside-reichstag/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:49:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2195122 International Auschwitz Committee says large urn outside German parliament in Berlin harms 'eternal peace of the dead;' Germany's Council of Jews urges remains be given respect

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]]> Rabbi evicted from Krakow synagogue must be allowed back, Polish court rules https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-evicted-from-krakow-synagogue-must-be-allowed-back-polish-court-rules/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 20:34:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2156050 Jewish community barred Chabad's Eliezer Gurary from premises, claiming he and his congregants damaged site

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]]> Polish government invites top rabbi to event honoring accused Nazi collaborators https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-government-invites-top-rabbi-to-event-honoring-accused-nazi-collaborators/ Wed, 07 Aug 2019 18:47:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2126430 Rabbi Michael Schudrich blasts ceremony for Swietokrzyska Brigade, held under auspices of Polish president; condemns 'dangerous' historical revisionism

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]]> Historic Jewish cemetery in Poland vandalized a month after rededication https://www.timesofisrael.com/historic-jewish-cemetery-in-poland-vandalized-a-month-after-rededication/ Mon, 22 Jul 2019 20:04:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2116687 Graffiti at newly renovated site in Tarnow in southern Poland reads 'Jews eat children'; official calls incident 'result of anti-Semitism and deep depravity'

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]]> Chief Polish rabbi climbs fence of barricaded Krakow synagogue https://www.timesofisrael.com/chief-polish-rabbi-climbs-fence-of-barricaded-krakow-synagogue/ Fri, 05 Jul 2019 19:22:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2106895 Spiritual leader briefly detained while protesting eviction of Orthodox community's house of worship by a Chabad-affiliated group

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]]> Polish bishop delivers thinly veiled anti-Semitic sermon https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-bishop-delivers-thinly-veiled-anti-semitic-sermon/ Fri, 03 May 2019 13:43:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2068608 Andrzej Jeż appears to refer to Jews during Easter speech, saying 'certain nation' plotted in 1937 to slander Catholic Church by controlling media

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]]> Community leaders say ‘first’ Warsaw Ghetto seder no different from all others https://www.timesofisrael.com/community-leaders-say-first-warsaw-ghetto-seder-no-different-from-all-others/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:46:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2062934 The Chabad-led Passover event at a hotel overlooking the former ghetto may have been memorable, but it was far from unprecedented, and calling it so misses the point, locals say

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]]> Amid raging Holocaust law controversy, Poland’s chief rabbi urges nuance https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-raging-holocaust-law-controversy-polands-chief-rabbi-urges-nuance/ Tue, 01 May 2018 19:11:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1815230 Michael Schudrich is not afraid of doling out a little tough love as two communities with a 1,000 year history lock horns over what, he says, could really be a minor issue

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]]> Polish official sacked for desecration of Jewish cemetery https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-official-sacked-for-desecration-of-jewish-cemetery/ Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:18:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1758643 Andrzej Nowakowski fired after human remains uncovered during construction work near graveyard in Siemiatycze

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