anti-semitism in poland

Przemysław Czarnek. (Courtesy of Przemysław Czarnek)

Polish politician who called Holocaust memorial a ‘scandal’ appointed education minister

Przemysław Czernek of the ruling Law and Justice party was selected to become Poland’s education and science minister in a cabinet reshuffle.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 9, 2020 10:58 am

Rafał Trzaskowski poses for a picture in parliament in Warsaw, Poland on April 14, 2016. (Wikimedia Commons/Adrian Grycuk)

Polish state TV incited hatred against Jews, media ethics panel says

The TVP network had warned that a centrist presidential candidate plans to offer Holocaust restitution.

June 19, 2020 12:02 pm

Leading presidential hopeful would ‘satisfy Jewish claims’ for Holocaust restitution, Polish state TV warns

Poland is the only major country in the former Soviet bloc that has taken no action to return private property to the World Jewish Restitution Organization.

June 16, 2020 12:19 pm

Demonstrators protesting US legislation requiring the return of property stolen from Jews in the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland on Nov. 11, 2019. (Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Polish leaders block resolution that would have stopped restitution of property lost during the Holocaust

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 15, 2020 1:04 pm

A man wearing a fake hooked nose and carrying a sign warning readers not to "tell the the truth about the Jew" at the annual procession of the carnival in Aalst, Belgium on Feb. 23, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Europe’s modern anti-Semitic carnivals are carrying on a centuries-old tradition

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 6, 2020 3:41 pm

Janusz Korwin-Mikke speaking at the Polish parliament in Warsaw on June 26, 2015. (Adrian Grycuk/Wikimedia Commons)

Far-right lawmaker in Poland says natural selection at pogroms made Jews powerful

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 4, 2020 9:43 am

nna Stupnicka-Bando, the 90-year-old president of the Polish Association of the Righteous Among the Nations, entering one of the From the Depths taxis for saviors of Jews in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 29, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In Warsaw, elderly Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust have a free taxi service

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 4, 2020 4:43 pm

Polls suggest anti-Semitic attitudes are on the rise in Ukraine, Poland, Hungary and Russia

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 21, 2019 5:22 am

Polish president withholds signature on paperwork to give Jewish scholar the title of professor

By Katarzyna Markusz October 27, 2019 2:45 pm

Polish police arrest 2 Dutchmen suspected of assaulting Israelis

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 12, 2019 9:48 am

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