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Poland’s ‘hidden Jews’ connect with lost culture in three…
International Herald Tribune – Oct 28, 2007
“It's a connection that has survived persecution and repression and now that the world is opening up so quickly it's a connection that in many instances will become endangered. ” “So we need to seize the moment and to strengthen these people's sense of connection to the Jewish people. ” Poland was home to nearly 3. 5 million Jews before World War II the largest community in Europe. But the Nazis nearly wiped them out in the ghettos and death camps set up throughout the country after 1939. During the Cold War Jews suffered repression and expulsions provoked by the Soviet-influenced communist regime. Many fled while those who choose to stay often hid their roots either marrying Roman Catholics and baptizing their children or simply adopting the atheistic ethos of the communist regime.
Riot police ready for rowdy Polish fans
Irish Independent – Oct 28, 2007
The 21-year-old from Krakow was killed after a derby match between the two local clubs — a fixture so violent that it is known as the “holy war” in Poland. During last summer’s World Cup German organisers regarded the threat of Polish hooligans as far more serious than that posed by English Dutch or Italian fans. Football violence is endemic in Poland and fans from Krakow’s two main clubs are the most violent with knife attacks commonplace. Attacks on police who are always in riot gear backed by water cannon and tear gas are also a regular feature of football in Poland. Senior gardai have already begun liaising with their Polish counterparts to put together a security plan for the upcoming Dublin friendly. The shocking level of violence in Polish football is far worse than during the heyday of hooligan violence in Britain during the early 1980s. Poland’s football-related murder rate makes it the most dangerous place in the world to watch a match… It is understood that the riots shown on the TV programme which was broadcast last week alarmed some St Pat’s officials who then contacted the visiting club for reassurances. Wisla Krakow told St Pats that they did not expect their fans to travel from Poland for the Dublin match in any great numbers. However with daily flights from Poland to Dublin and a huge number of Polish nationals resident in Ireland many of them supporters of the two rival Krakow clubs gardai are taking the security threat extremely seriously. – JERME REILLY Share.
Polish rabbi attacked in a train
European Jewish Press – Oct 28, 2007
This is the sad reality. ne cannot publicly wear a kippah?? he told EJP. “As an Israeli person who is living now in Poland I feel a hundred percent accepted here?? commented the chief rabbi of Krakow Boaz Pash. No discrimination but anti-Semitism exists”No kind of discrimination neither from the government nor from the people on the streets. n the other side we know anti-Semitism exists as a some sort of rejection of Judaism. We hear about and we feel it ?? he said. He added : ??The problem is you feel much worse all around the world than in Poland… Anti-Semitism is the problem of the people who are anti-Semits. We have to pass the ball to their field. ” “Several anti-Semitic incidents happen in Poland every year. However in most cases if someone publicly makes anti-Semitic statements he is instantly condemned by the media and moral authorities. ” “There is a part of the Polish society that is still not convinced that it is a natural thing that countries are multi-ethnic and they still think that Jews are not the hosts or inhabitants in this country ?? says Prof. Lech Mroz director of the Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology Institute at the Warsaw University. “ne cannot be only a guest in a country he has lived in for a thousand years.
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