Tag: Andrzej Duda
Heard again: Cries of ‘Death to the Jews!’ in a Polish city
In her recent co-authored book Philo-Semitic Violence: Poland’s Jewish Past in New Polish Narratives, the Warsaw-based literary scholar Elzbieta Janicka recounts an episode from Poland’s past that sheds a great deal of light on Poland’s...
Lapid decries passage of Poland’s ‘anti-Semitic’ restitution law, recalls charge d’affaires from Warsaw
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Saturday night accused Poland of having “become an anti-democratic, non-liberal country that does not honor the greatest tragedy in human history.”
Lapid was responding to Polish President Andrzej Duda’s...
A chill wind from Poland
I’ve known Rafal Pankowski, the Polish academic and campaigner against anti-Semitism and racism, for almost 20 years, but I don’t think I’ve heard him sound as worried about the political situation in his country...
A Polish-Russian row over commemoration of the Holocaust
A profound and bitter battle between Israel and Poland has been brought to crisis point by the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, which is being commemorated by world leaders this week at...
Poland and Israel’s loss of diplomatic wisdom
This Thursday is supposed to mark another diplomatic triumph for Israeli diplomacy. On Jan. 23, the Fifth World Holocaust Forum will convene at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and...
Holocaust politics is bad for the Jews
At a time of rising anti-Semitism around the globe and threats from terrorism and nuclear blackmail aimed at the State of Israel, there are more important things to worry about than the question of...
The Holocaust is ‘part of our national memory,’ says Polish president
Eighty years ago, Germany invaded Poland and the world changed forever. To mark the outbreak of World War II, high-level dignitaries from 40 countries traveled to Warsaw, Poland, to participate in special memorial events...