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Erik Ross
Erik Ross
The ceiling of the Progressive Synagogue in Krakow.
February 12, 2018, 6:37 am
Poland of lead and of gold
'The souls of Jew and Gentile floated up in lightness to somewhere under the synagogue ceiling...'
By Erik Ross
September 13, 2017, 2:50 pm
Easily assimilated
Learning to trust in the power of pathos and the well-placed theatrical gesture from the wandering Jews
By Erik Ross
September 4, 2017, 1:50 pm
A Catholic on Joan Rivers’ yahrzeit
The straight-talking funny lady was a master of the bedrock of real religion: truth
By Erik Ross
May 26, 2017, 10:18 am
Face the neighbors
In vivid portraits of Jews long gone from Poland, an invitation to acknowledge what was lost
By Erik Ross
Poverty, chastity, obedience (Courtesy)
April 29, 2017, 12:39 pm
Krakow on a Sunday
These vows of lifelong poverty, chastity and obedience -- why do he and his Dominican Order fellows do it?
By Erik Ross
“The Black Raven” located in Lodz at ul. Żeromskiego 31. Designed by Małgorzata Wysocka. (Kamil Holwek)
April 20, 2017, 1:36 pm
Birds fly in Lodz
The Polish city, with its rich and painful Jewish history, is getting a facelift with paint and feathers
By Erik Ross
April 11, 2017, 7:38 am
The Polish Akiva
A walk through Poznan uncovers the Jews deep beneath the surface -- in culture, architecture, and personal history
By Erik Ross
March 25, 2017, 1:47 pm
Don’t say that Hebrew word!
For now, and until Easter, Catholics are holding back on their most joyous praise for the Lord
By Erik Ross
Anti-semitic fresco at The Church of the Most Holy Blood of the Lord Jesus, Poznan, Poland (poznan.wikia.com)
March 13, 2017, 12:44 pm
Walk down Jew Street
An in-depth tour in a Polish city where a vicious anti-Semitic legend is meticulously and uncritically preserved
By Erik Ross
Polish poster for the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" (YouTube screen shot)
February 7, 2017, 3:08 pm
Tevye is killing it in Poland. Here’s why
Fiddler is playing in Gdynia and Lodz and Bialystok and Poznan and Warsaw -- all for one crazy reason
By Erik Ross
December 18, 2016, 1:47 pm
Fake lake
How tribute to an ancient Slavic myth of a water nymph reveals a memorial to Poland's dead Jews
By Erik Ross
November 28, 2016, 2:27 pm
A goyisher fiddler
The classic musical tugs at the heartstrings, even in Wisconsin, where the bread is white and Jewish jokes fall flat
By Erik Ross
November 20, 2016, 1:04 pm
Jews in church
What to do when your monastery's artwork lauds forced conversions of Jews and Christians as the new beloved of God
By Erik Ross
September 4, 2016, 2:26 pm
I confess
On hearing the sins of his fellow Catholics, and being certain God can straighten the spaghetti-mess of the soul
By Erik Ross
August 28, 2016, 4:54 pm
Funny sort of priest
Will foregoing humor and adopting a more pious style make him a better channel of God's grace?
By Erik Ross
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