Poland

Mountains, mines and Jewish history in Poland's Upper Silesia

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 86

Mordechai Palzur: The Israeli diplomat who helped form ties with Poland

The improbable road that led Holocaust survivor Mordechai Palzur from Siberia to Iran to the fledgling State of Israel, where he became a sharpshooter and paved the way for relations with Poland.

Vilna Ghetto teenager's diary during the Holocaust to be focus in new online exhibit by YIVO

YIVO said the diary provides “intimate insights into daily life, cultural resistance, and moral choices faced by those in the ghetto."

Workers uncover remains of a synagogue destroyed by Nazis in Poland

"We knew there was a synagogue there, but we didn't know if something was preserved underground since nothing was showing above ground," Polish historian Sebastian Rakowski said.

How the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow wins hearts and minds

On the site of such horror just decades ago, swarthy Middle Eastern Jews, youthful Ashkenazi Americans, and, yes, blonde-haired, blue-eyed Poles came together to celebrate Jewish culture.

By DAVID ZEV HARRIS , MARK GORDON
14/07/2024

Jewish leader bashes former PM's denial of Poland's Holocaust role

"I say to the former Prime Minister: You cannot control the past. You must live with it, and learn from it. Go and learn,” Menachem Margolin of the European Jewish Association said.

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

Germans alone responsible for Holocaust, no Polish involvement - Former Polish PM says

Morawiecki's statements on the Holocaust, particularly his 2018 remarks suggesting multiple nationalities, including Jews, were perpetrators, sparked significant backlash.

U. Haifa debuts art exhibit depicting Polish Jewry pre-Holocaust by Arthur Szyk

Israelis will greatly benefit from seeing Arthur Szyk’s artwork at the University of Haifa.

By DAVID GEFFEN
02/07/2024
 An AI-made illustrative image of leaning towers.

Top 10 tilted sites to visit that aren't Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa isn't the only one of its kind. Here are 10 other towers that fit the description, too.

'Treasure': Julia von Heinz's film on Holocaust trauma

Treasure is a very particular story that will evoke universal emotions in audiences.

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