Polish Jewish community ask ruling party to denounce rising anti-Semitism

The leaders of Poland’s Jewish community write to the country’s most powerful politician, urging him to denounce rising anti-Semitism which they say is leaving them on edge.

Anna Chipczynska, the head of Warsaw’s Jewish community, tells The Associated Press the letter to Jaroslaw Kaczynski was sent last week. She says the community hasn’t yet received a reply.

In the letter she and Leslaw Piszewski, who oversees all Jewish communities in Poland, say they fear that Poland is becoming less secure for Jews.

They note “an intensification of anti-Semitic attitudes in Poland, a brutality of language and behavior, some of which are directed against our community.”

Kaczynski is the leader of the nationalist ruling Law and Justice party. The party spokeswoman isn’t immediately available for comment.

— AP