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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

anti-Semitism in Poland

Children using sticks to beat an effigy of Judas on Good Friday, April 19, 2019, in the town of Pruchnik, Poland. (Hubert Lewkowicz / AFP)
April 13, 2023, 8:08 pm
Burning Judas, deriding Jews: Antisemitic Easter traditions persist in Europe
Media and diplomatic uproars are not dissuading locals in the Netherlands and Poland from putting on religious events centered around anti-Jewish sentiment
By Canaan Lidor
People wave national flags of Poland during a march to mark Poland's National Independence Day on November 11, 2021 in Warsaw. (Adam Chelstowski / AFP)
November 14, 2021, 12:36 am
Polish, Israeli governments condemn antisemitism at nationalist rally
March commemorating Poland’s independence featured hundreds of far-right activists shouting antisemitic slogans, including ‘Death to Jews,’ burning text on Jewish rights
By Agencies
A Polish nationalist holds a sign reading "We demand the truth about Jedwabne," at the site of a Holocaust pogrom in Jedwabne, Poland, on July 10, 2021. (Krzysztof Bielawski)
July 15, 2021, 9:36 pm
Polish nationalists disrupt commemoration for Jewish pogrom victims
Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich says protests at memorial for Jedwabne pogrom point to a ‘very serious issue’ involving Polish government’s stance on Holocaust memory
By Katarzyna Markusz
The aftermath of vandalism at the Jewish cemetery of Bielsko-Biała, Poland, June, 26, 2021. (Jewish Community of Bielsko-Biała via JTA)
June 28, 2021, 8:49 pm
67 headstones damaged at Jewish cemetery in Poland
Desecration of graves at Bielsko-Biala is the third incident of its kind since 2015; police investigating
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks with the media at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, on December 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
June 27, 2021, 12:15 am
‘Poland will not pay’: Polish PM hits back at Lapid criticism of restitution law
Mateusz Morawiecki digs in heels after Israeli FM attacks law that would set a 30-year deadline for Jews to recover seized property, barring all Holocaust claims
By ToI Staff
Poland's lawmakers during voting – some in parliament, some remotely – in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
June 25, 2021, 9:12 am
Israel slams new Polish Holocaust law as ‘immoral’ and ‘a disgrace’
The legislation, which must still be approved by Poland’s senate, sets a 30-year deadline for Jews to recover seized property
By Amy Spiro
Customers at a Krakow market buy figurines of Hasidic Orthodox men. (Jason Francisco via JTA)
June 11, 2021, 5:22 pm
Krakow official: Good luck figurines of Jews are antisemitic, shouldn’t be sold
Statement follows campaign by Polish Jews to stop the sale of models; some locals treat figures as charms for increasing revenues, typically depicting Orthodox Jews counting money
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The Catholic University of Lublin (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
April 10, 2021, 6:57 am
Polish university calls anti-Semitic blood libel claims ‘scientific discourse’
Catholic institution decides not to punish priest and faculty member who said Jews practice ‘ritual murders’
By Katarzyna Markusz
An election poster featuring Waldemar Wojciechowski ahead of the 2020 local elections in Poland. (PIS via JTA)
April 2, 2021, 6:08 am
Local Polish politician: Jews don’t buy land ‘because you can’t cheat the earth’
Opposition figure condemns anti-Semitic remark by Waldemar Wojciechowski: ‘It is a scandal to perpetuate such stereotypes’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Candles depicting haredi Orthodox Jews are on sale in Poland. (Jewish.pl/Jan Gebert via JTA)
March 16, 2021, 3:13 am
Latest ‘Lucky Jew’ figurines in Poland: Candles that promise ‘financial success’
Good luck charms sold by candle companies depict ultra-Orthodox Jews counting money; some Polish Jews say products reminiscent of Nazi crematoria
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Tomasz Greniuch, in the center holding papers, makes a gesture that appears to be a Nazi salute at a far-right event in Poland in 2007. (Bartosz Siedlik, courtesy of Gazeta Wyborcza via JTA)
February 22, 2021, 9:40 pm
Polish state historian resigns after far-right past revealed
Tomasz Greniuch steps down as local head of Institute of National Remembrance, whose role is to document Nazi and communist crimes carried out on Polish soil
By Vanessa Gera
Tomasz Greniuch, in the center holding papers, makes a gesture that appears to be a Nazi salute at a far-right event in Poland in 2007. (Bartosz Siedlik, courtesy of Gazeta Wyborcza via JTA)
February 19, 2021, 6:52 am
State historian in Poland seen in pictures from 2007 giving Nazi salute
Man appointed to senior post at state historical research institution is tied to Polish far-right ONR group
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A swastika on the wall of a Jewish cemetery in Oświęcim, Poland, Jan. 10, 2021. (The Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau via JTA)
January 12, 2021, 7:43 am
Swastika, SS symbol painted on wall of Jewish cemetery near Auschwitz
Graffiti removed shortly after it is discovered; Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum says incident is ‘painful’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: A view of Tarnow, Poland (YouTube screenshot)
December 18, 2020, 12:46 pm
Jewish woman wins case against Polish church over land stolen after Holocaust
Poland’s Supreme Court rules in favor of Australian Ann Drillich, who claimed neighbor who saved her mother from Nazis later betrayed family and gave away their property
By ToI Staff
Leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski reacts after the first exit polls during the party's electoral evening in Warsaw, Poland, on October 13, 2019 (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
October 15, 2020, 9:37 am
Poland will end its kosher and halal meat export industry in 2025
Most of Poland’s kosher, halal slaughterhouses produce meat for export; under new law, ritual slaughter will be allowed only if meat is sold locally
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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