The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/poland/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:03:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Poland | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/poland/ 32 32 Amid Ben Gvir furor, Israel deports all 430 foreign flotilla activists, holds one Israeli https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-deports-some-430-foreign-flotilla-activists-holds-one-israeli-participant/ Thu, 21 May 2026 13:28:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3828060 Condemnations of Ben Gvir's video humiliating detainees continue as Italy asks EU for sanctions on the far-right minister, Poland looks to ban him; activists claim they were beaten, tortured; prison service denies it

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]]> 300-year-old Nazi-looted Stradivarius said to reappear in France https://www.timesofisrael.com/300-year-old-nazi-looted-violin-worth-10-million-said-to-reappear-in-france/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:42:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3809164 Experts believe violin made by iconic Italian luthier in 1719 was stolen by German soldiers from Warsaw museum in 1944

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]]> Kanye West shows nixed in Poland, Switzerland amid backlash over past antisemitism https://www.timesofisrael.com/kanye-west-shows-nixed-in-poland-switzerland-amid-backlash-over-past-antisemitism/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:22:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3806556 Rapper known as Ye postpones concert in France, where the interior minister is reportedly seeking to ban event, claims 'commitment to make amends'

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]]> Polish town’s new ‘information center’ denies murders of Jews by local Poles in 1941 https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-towns-new-information-center-denies-murders-of-jews-by-local-poles-in-1941/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:58:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3804641 Family of Jewish man who survived the Jedwabne massacre is trying to get the new installation removed: 'We call it a denial museum, because that’s what it is'

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]]> In parliament, Polish MP calls Israel ‘new Third Reich,’ waves Israeli flag with swastika https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-parliament-polish-mp-calls-israel-new-third-reich-waves-israeli-flag-with-swastika/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:28:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3802147 Far-right Konrad Berkowicz prompts outrage from fellow lawmakers with display, as he accuses Israel of 'genocide' in Gaza; Israel embassy pans 'antisemitic horror'

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]]> In glitzy interwar Warsaw, truth meets fiction as 2 young women hunt for missing mentor https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-glitzy-interwar-warsaw-truth-meets-fiction-as-2-young-women-hunt-for-their-missing-mentor/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:48:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3791116 In 'The Last Woman of Warsaw,' out April 7, author Judy Batalion shows the Jewish diversity of the cosmopolitan city as an odd couple sets out to solve a mystery

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]]> Stuck in Poland as war broke out, 90 Jerusalem-area students brought home via Egypt’s Taba https://www.timesofisrael.com/stuck-in-poland-as-war-broke-out-jerusalem-area-students-brought-home-via-egypts-taba/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:32:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3769669 High schoolers on an educational heritage trip were given extra security, temporarily barred from leaving hotel, after US-Israeli strikes on Iran disrupted travel plans, principal says

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]]> Poland, in a first, returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece that were stolen by Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/poland-in-a-first-returns-91-jewish-objects-to-greece-that-were-stolen-by-nazis/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:19:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3769036 Judaica was plundered from once-thriving Jewish community of Thessaloniki in 1941; found in Poland after the war, it was kept for decades in Warsaw's Jewish Historical Institute

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]]> UK, France, Germany and Poland warn against travel to Israel amid Iran tensions https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-france-germany-and-poland-warn-against-travel-to-israel-amid-iran-tensions/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:22:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3763862 Britain moves staff, families away from Tel Aviv area; Italy urges nationals to leave Iran and stay out of Iraq and Lebanon, in latest slew of countries to advise citizens to avoid region

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]]> Poland ‘investigates’ film about Jews killed after the Holocaust, may ban it https://www.timesofisrael.com/poland-investigates-film-about-jews-killed-after-the-holocaust-may-ban-it/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:47:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3761772 California filmmaker Yoav Potash's documentary 'Among Neighbors' follows the murders of five survivors who returned to their hometown -- and it's causing a far-right uproar

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]]> In WWII, legendary Jewish partisan ‘Uncle Misha’ took out Nazis while carrying a tune https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-wwii-legendary-jewish-partisan-uncle-misha-took-out-nazis-while-carrying-a-tune/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:03:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3737261 New book 'Partisan Song' packs an action-filled punch as it tells the story of Moshe Gildenman, a nearly-forgotten Jewish guerrilla warfare leader against the Nazis in Ukraine

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]]> Poland nabs student suspected of planning Christmas market attack in support of ISIS https://www.timesofisrael.com/poland-nabs-student-suspected-of-planning-christmas-market-attack-in-support-of-isis/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:19:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3713277 Authorities say student at Catholic University of Lublin wanted to use explosives in attack, sought to contact terror group to obtain support

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]]> Pope beatifies 11 ‘martyr’ priests killed by Nazi Germany, Communist Czechoslovakia https://www.timesofisrael.com/pope-beatifies-11-martyr-priests-killed-by-nazi-germany-communist-czechoslovakia/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:01:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3673108 Proclamation by Leo XIV honors 9 Polish Salesian priests killed at Dachau and Auschwitz during WWII, diocesan pair executed in sham 1951 trial

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]]> NATO shoots down Russian drones over Poland, raising fears of war spillover https://www.timesofisrael.com/nato-shoots-down-russian-drones-over-poland-raising-fears-of-war-spillover/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:20:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3638986 Trump to speak with Polish President Nawrocki later Wednesday, White House official says, after at least 19 drone violations recorded, including several from Belarus

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]]> Poland says it downed Russian drones that violated its airspace during attack on Ukraine https://www.timesofisrael.com/poland-says-it-downed-russian-drones-that-violated-its-airspace-during-attack-on-ukraine/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 07:32:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3638375 In first, NATO country scrambles jets alongside unnamed allies to shoot down UAVs; Kyiv warns Putin is trying to test the West

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