Tag: Warsaw
Trump to visit Poland on Sept. 1, marking 80 years since start of World...
U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Poland on Sept. 1 to mark the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, announced an aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda.
It would be Trump’s second...
Polish organization aims to restore country’s Jewish heritage, building both bridges and awareness
Michał Laszczkowski, CEO of Poland’s Cultural Heritage Foundation, spends a great deal of time discussing Jewish law with rabbis at various Jewish cemeteries across Poland; in fact, it’s safe to say that he does...
Jewish Agency launches partnership between US, Israel, Poland communities
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership2Gether (P2G) Peoplehood platform has added the Polish capital of Warsaw as the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s third partner region within the program, creating enduring relationships between Israel...
Trump’s dangerous diplomatic gambit
This week’s Warsaw summit was supposed to be about rallying the world against the threat that Iran poses to international peace. But given the complete lack of interest on the part of either America’s...
Israeli ambassador to Poland re-enacts establishment of first diplomatic mission
In honor of the 70th anniversary of Israel’s first diplomatic mission, Israel’s ambassador to Poland re-enacted the moment when the flag of Israel flew for the first time in Warsaw.
Israeli Ambassador to Poland Anna...
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Living Challenge of Anti-Fascism
My late father, Charles Slucki (Sluggo), used to tell me that April 19, the start of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, is a heylige date, or holy day, his Yom Kippur; that even though he remembered...
World remembers Holocaust amid signs of rising hatred
WARSAW, POLAND — Elderly survivors were gathering Saturday at the former Auschwitz death camp and political leaders warned that the Nazi genocide must continue to serve as a warning as the world marked International Holocaust...
Rex Tillerson pays respects on Holocaust Remembrance Day at Poland monument Trump failed to...
WARSAW - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson commemorated Jews who rose up against the Nazis during a trip to Poland Saturday — something President Trump failed to do when he visited the country.
“One of...
Poland pledges $28 million for Warsaw Jewish cemetery restoration
Poland’s government pledged $28 million to restoring the Warsaw Jewish cemetery, making the preservation project one of the largest of its kind in European history.
Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Glinski told World Jewish Congress CEO...
Million visitors to Warsaw’s museum of Polish Jews
Barbara Riedel and Sławomir Kruszyński, who toured the museum on Wednesday, were the one millionth and one millionth and first visitor since the museum opened almost three years ago, on 28 October 2014.
They came...