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Bialystok

Ludwik Zamenhof (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)
December 17, 2016, 3:52 am
Polish town snubs UNESCO honors for father of Esperanto
Councillors in Bialystok say international language invented by Ludwik Zamenhof, a Jewish physician born in the city, has no value for mankind
By AFP
David Zablocki and Evan Giniger, co-owners of Kossar’s Bagels and Bialys. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)
August 17, 2016, 2:17 pm
‘Bread of life’ for early Jewish immigrants is life-preserver for changing neighborhood
Kossar’s Bialys, the oldest bakery dedicated to the eponymous foodstuff, keeps its character even as it broadens its base
By Cathryn J. Prince
This photo taken on October 22, 2015 shows Jaroslaw Kaczynski leader of the opposition Law and Justice party in this weekend's general elections speaking at a party convention in Warsaw. (AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI)
June 28, 2016, 10:11 pm
Prominent Poland politician honors victims of synagogue burning
Leader of largest political party stresses German responsibility for Holocaust at Bialystok memorial
By JTA
The oldest man in the world, 111-year-old Holocaust survivor Alexander Imich, in an interview with NBC News, May 2014 (screen capture: YouTube)
May 7, 2014, 4:16 pm
World’s oldest man is 111-year-old Holocaust survivor
Alexander Imich, born in 1903, escaped Nazis and Soviet gulag to dedicate his life to studying the occult
By Yifa Yaakov
The most famous image out of the Warsaw Ghetto. (photo credit: courtesy of the USHMM)
April 18, 2013, 8:42 pm
The ultimate emblem of resistance: the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On the revolt’s 70th anniversary, exploring how Jews fought to determine their own fates and how that ethos influenced Israel
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher slaughtering a chicken. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 14, 2013, 7:09 pm
Poland declines to investigate ‘shehita’
In case of local Jews, Bialystok attorney waives country’s law prohibiting slaughter without first stunning the animal
Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher sharpening his tools. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
April 8, 2013, 7:42 pm
Poland to run out of kosher meat in a month
Polish prosecutors investigate death of cow following veterinarian’s account of ritual slaughter
March 11, 2013, 11:12 am
Polish group closes probe into Holocaust murders
Institute of National Remembrance fails to identify 20 murder victims and six of the seven killers
September 4, 2012, 9:40 am
Polish youth sent to prison for racism, anti-Semitism
‘There is no indication that they have changed their views, which are not only dangerous but also primitive and vulgar,’ wrote judge in verdict
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