Poland

Vandals in Poland destroy six Jewish gravestones

Vandals destroyed six tombstones in a Jewish cemetery in Myslowice, a city in southern Poland.

Polish cops nab suspected vandal at Jewish cemetery

Police officers in Poland arrested a man whom they said they had caught desecrating Jewish tombstones.

Poland’s chief rabbi suspends aide amid kosher slaughter controversy

Amid reports that kosher slaughter is continuing in Poland despite its prohibition, the country’s chief rabbi suspended an aide who appears to have misrepresented the practice to government inspectors.

Global

Project will bring tourists to former shtetls in three countries

United States

U.S., 3 other countries joining Israel air combat exercise

Culture

Polish Catholic Brothers and a Village’s Unsavory Past

Global

Turkish students arrested for Nazi salute at Majdanek

United States

Cap stolen from Majdanek heading back to Poland

United States

State Dept.: Ritual slaughter ‘important’ to Jewish, Muslim observance

Global

Ban on kosher slaughter stirs unease among Polish Jews

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