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Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich delivering a speech in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 2019 (Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Polish chief rabbi spurns government invite to ceremony honoring WWII nationalists

Poland marks the 75th anniversary of a group that killed communists, including Jews.

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Rabbi Dawid Szychowski telling journalists about the Festival of Tranquility that he launched in Lodz, Poland on June 8, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Shvei Israel)

Polish city of Lodz has 1st Jewish festival in decades

The event was organized by a rabbi whose job is to bring back to the fold of Judaism descendants of traumatized Holocaust survivors.

Incumbent director of Polish Jewish museum wins competition for his job

Dariusz Stola’s tenure needs to be approved by the culture ministry, which initiated the competition.

Edward Mosberg, holding a Torah scroll, during March of the Living in 2017 at the former death camp Auschwitz in Poland. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

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Survivor Ed Mosberg, 93, is braving cancer to march at Auschwitz, perhaps for the last time

Heidi Fishman holding up an op-ed she wrote about her family's rescue from the Holocaust using a Paraguayan passport. Courtesy of Heidi Fishman

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Researchers unlock the mystery of Polish diplomats who rescued Jews

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No crisis between Poland and Israel over Holocaust record, Polish president says

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Majority of Israelis think Poland has to take more responsibility for Holocaust crimes

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Auschwitz sees 21 percent drop in visits by Israelis

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A quarter of all Holocaust victims killed in just 3 months in 1942, study claims

Nelly Ben-Or sitting by one of her two pianos in her London home

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Nelly Ben-Or risked all to play the piano. It helped her survive the Holocaust.

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