Editorial: Reflections on a brief visit to Poland
Agnieszka Witkowska-Krych (left) led visitors Maj-Britt Syse and Max Specktor through the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical ...
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A tour of Łódź
A shul stands abandoned in a building’s inner courtyard. (Photos: Mordecai Specktor) By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Łódź, ...
In the footsteps of Polish Jews
The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, which was unveiled April 19, 1948, honors those who fought ...
Uncounted women of the Jewish resistance in Poland
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Almost all Jews know of Anne Frank, and many know of Hannah Senesh, who bravely parachuted ...
He remade his life in America
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In a 2011 documentary, Sam Rafowitz: Remaking a Life, the eponymous subject comments: “About 15 and a ...
In Europe, budding Jewish tourism businesses are teetering on the brink of closure because of COVID-19
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Earlier this year, Dani Rotstein was earning a living doing something he’s passionate about: ...
Notre-Dame will be rebuilt — but most European Jewish sites never will be
By RUTH ELLEN GRUBER BUDAPEST (JTA) – Architecture and built heritage can be powerful symbols. Notre-Dame de Paris is one of ...
A 1939 phone book could be the key to unlocking millions in Polish Holocaust restitution payments
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ WARSAW (JTA) — In the small park behind the only synagogue in this city to have survived ...
Make-believe Jewish weddings
In Eastern Europe, nostalgia for the Jews includes fake Jewish weddings By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — Nostalgia for Jews is ...
Exploring Polonia for a new generation
By ZACHARY KAGAN In January, Catholics across Europe take time to reflect on Christian-Jewish relations. The Italian Catholic church was ...
