In the course of World War II, an entire class of architecture was obliterated: the elaborate and sophisticated wooden synagogues of Poland. Not a single example of these remarkable structures...
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Jewish Cemetery Desecrated: “This is Poland not Israel!”
The Washington Post brings us news of fresh anti-Semitism in Europe as vandals desecrated a Jewish cemetery this past Sunday with crude graffiti. The attack took place in the eastern Polish town of...
Jedwabne Vandalism Opens Old Wound, Poland’s Reply Helps to Heal it
I got a text this week from a Polish friend that was particularly disturbing: the monument to the victims of the Jedwabne Pogrom was defaced by vandals who wrote, “I’m not apologizing for...
Matisyahu Brings Message Of “One Day” To Auschwitz
What is the world’s most famous Jewish musician doing in Poland this weekend? He is bringing the message of “One Day” to Auschwitz: “One day this all will change treat people the...
Ninel’s Samovar
I first met Ninel in 1991 when I was introduced to Ninel by her son Mati. Mati was a young, charismatic student leader at the forefront of the resurgence of Jewish life in post-Communist Poland...
A Barn Burns In Poland
Remembering the murder of the Jews of Jedwabe in 1941. Polish performance artist Raphael burned a barn on Sunday, July 10th, the 69th anniversary of the burning alive of the Jews of Jedwabne in 1941...
Hate Crime At The Ghetto Wall
Poland continues to be a place where Jews works out deep psychological problems in deplorable ways. Last week an Israeli vandalized the last major section of the Warsaw Ghetto wall. JPost reports:...
Remembering The First Mobile Sukkah in Poland – 1997
Last night I spoke at the Happy Minyan about Sukkot, and it just felt right to tell some of the story of the first sukkah tour in Poland we created in 1997. The Mobile Sukkah was built at night in...