A Polish ‘countess’ saved thousands of concentration camp prisoners from the Nazis. No one knew she was a Jew. A new book tells Janina Mehlberg’s story, after three custodians of her memoirs died without seeing them published. By Shira Li Bartov February 12, 2024 10:45 am
The Lublin Yeshiva Library was thought to be destroyed by the Nazis. Then its books started turning up. A dogged researcher has so far identified 800 surviving books from a library thought burned during the Holocaust. January 31, 2024 5:15 pm
In first, Polish priest sentenced on charges of spreading antisemitic hate speech “We are hopeful that the Polish courts will continue to find others guilty of this crime,” said the chief rabbi of Poland. February 13, 2023 12:25 pm
Massive trove of prewar Jewish artifacts unearthed by construction workers in Poland By David I. Klein January 9, 2023 11:11 am
Israel suspends school trips to Poland, citing interference in content and security issues By Cnaan Liphshiz June 15, 2022 12:12 pm
Polish-Jewish journalist quits newspaper after it demands different description of ‘neo-Nazi’ Ukrainian militia By Cnaan Liphshiz April 15, 2022 11:12 am
In ‘The Books of Jacob,’ Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk tells a story about Jews. But is it a Jewish novel? By Jonah Goldman Kay February 4, 2022 10:50 am
A mile from Auschwitz, a restored synagogue recalls thriving Jewish life in Oswiecim By Cnaan Liphshiz November 17, 2021 2:48 pm
In restitution protest, young Polish ultranationalists leave chunks of brick walls outside Israel’s embassy in Warsaw By Cnaan Liphshiz July 1, 2021 3:02 pm