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Tag: Polish Jewry

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‘Our Class,’ a timely play asking big questions about antisemitism, makes its New York premiere

Chava Pearl Lansky in JTA · 17 Jan

"Our Class," a play inspired by the real-life 1941 pogrom in the Polish village of Jedwabne, makes its New York premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Fisher Fishman Space.

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Polish Jewish martyr Artur Zygielbojm was a harsh critic of Zionism – The Forward

RSchaechter in Forward · 4 Dec 2023

This article discusses the play "Amid Falling Walls" which features a scene depicting the suicide of Artur Zygielbojm, a prominent Polish Jewish politician who was critical of Zionism.

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‘Don’t Bury Us Just Yet’

Gary Rosenblatt in Between The Lines · 12 May 2023

This article discusses the complex relationship between Jews and Poland, specifically in regard to the Holocaust and the preservation of Jewish heritage.

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The Magic of Kadya Molodwsky’s children’s poetry – now in English

Forward · 3 Dec 2020

A new bilingual edition of Kadya Molodowsky's Yiddish children's poetry, titled "Through an Endless Stretch of Land," has been published in Sweden.

0 Holocaust Television/Film

The 1968 Forced Exodus of Polish Jewry on Film

Masha Shpolberg in Tablet · 1 May 2018

In 1968, following an anti-Zionist campaign by the Polish government, over 13,000 Polish Jews fled to Denmark, including Marian Marzyski, a successful filmmaker who documented their experiences on a boat in the film "Skibet/Hatikvah."

0 Holocaust History

A Brand Rescued from the Fire

Elisha Russ-Fishbane in Jewish Review of Books · 4 Jan 2017

During the tumultuous years leading up to and during the Holocaust in Europe, Rabbi Kalman Chameides of Katowice, Poland, played a significant role in safeguarding Jewish children.