anti-semitism in poland

Kamil Grosicki of Poland, Israeli player Bibras Natcho and Poland's forward Robert Lewandowski in action during a match in Poland on June 10, 2019. (Photo by Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Drowning out jeers, Polish soccer fans applaud Israeli anthem

When whistling began ahead of match in Warsaw, thousands began clapping to squelch the insult.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 12, 2019 10:09 am

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Poland's forward, Kamil Grosicki, celebrates scoring during the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier match Poland against Israel on June 10, 2019 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Polish soccer association celebrates victory over Israeli team as a ‘pogrom’

The word, which was removed shortly after appearing on the Polish club’s Facebook page, is also used to describe violence against non-Jews in Poland.

June 12, 2019 3:49 am

Far-right Polish politician slips kippah on head of TV debate rival

Separately, Poland’s prime minister said if his country has to pay WWII damages to anyone, it would be “Hitler’s posthumous victory.”

May 20, 2019 7:16 am

Polish anti-restitution activists rail against ‘Holocaust hyenas’ at march

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 11, 2019 2:11 pm

Polish bishop delivers thinly veiled anti-Semitic sermon

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 3, 2019 2:24 am

Effigy of late Polish Jewish communist hung on gallows at former Lodz Ghetto

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 1, 2019 5:34 pm

Effigy incident shows Jews or Freemasons spying on Poland, far-right politician says

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 24, 2019 4:21 pm

Southern Polish town burns effigy of Judas, made to look like Hasidic Jew

By Katarzyna Markusz April 21, 2019 7:55 am

Historian Jan Gross on the front page of a Polish weekly that instructs readers on how to recognize Jews. (Misiek Kaminski)

Polish newspaper’s front page teaches ‘how to recognize a Jew’

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 13, 2019 4:06 pm

Reports about Jewish cemetery’s desecration in Poland are false, officials say

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 20, 2019 4:14 am

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