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Polish Prisons Teaching Jewish Studies to Inmates

An unusual initiative to teach Jewish studies at some 50 Polish prisons has resulted, according to prison psychologists, in very positive results in rehabilitation efforts. According to numerous senior officers who initiated the project, “Recognizing the Jewish Nation, its Customs and World” substantially reduces the level of hostility felt by inmates toward strangers, and restrains their violent impulses.Poland’s Chief Rabbi ...

Polish president reunited in Washington with Jew saved from Holocaust

At the start of an official visit to Washington, Komorowski was reunited in a moving ceremony at the Holocaust Museum with Zeev Baran, who, along with his mother and a sibling, were hidden by the Komorowskis when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, triggering World War II.Baran, who moved to Israel after the war, emotionally recalled how his father had ...

Polish Left Tries to Ban Religious Animal Slaughter

Leaders of two Polish political parties have asked Prime Minister Donald Tusk to take a stand and publicly support their efforts to stop Jewish and Muslim religious slaughter in Poland.The appeal was made by representatives of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and the liberal left-wing anti-cleric Palikot Movement, alongside several non-governmental organizations. All the signatories urged Tusk to declare his ...

Polish leader’s death reshapes political landscape

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Before the plane crash that killed him, President Lech Kaczynski was facing likely defeat in fall elections as voters turned away from his conservative message.But a surge of sympathy could bring a reprieve for his political movement rooted in traditional Catholic values and a suspicion of Poland’s big neighbors—especially if his identical twin brother Jaroslaw, once ...

Polish FM to Haaretz: Nazi Germany carried out the Holocaust against our will

It is often said about Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski that the story of his life could supply the material for a number of films. The first would likely be a melodrama with elements of an action movie. The foreign minister, who largely symbolizes the new Poland, was already active in the Solidarity movement as a high school student. He ...

Polish Ceremony Honors Jewish Villagers Killed During World War II

Poland’s president made a repeated apology during ceremonies on Sunday marking 70 years since Polish villagers murdered hundreds of their Jewish neighbors in a World War II massacre that caused painful soul-searching in Poland when it was revealed in 2000.An agonizing debate at the time forced Poles to modify their belief, shaped by decades of communist-era propaganda, that they were ...

Police seize 100,000 anti-Vladimir Putin books

Copies of ‘Putin. The Results. 10 Years on’, written by opposition politicians Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov were “intended for participants of the forum”, starting Thursday, according to Olga Kurnosova, head of the city’s branch of the opposition United Civic Front, said.Read More: @ telegraph.co.ukTags: Anti Putin Books, anti Vladimir Putin Books, Putin booksYou might also like:Britain goes to the polls for closest elections ...

Police refuse permit for secular student protest in Bnei Brak

Police have banned secular university students from protesting in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, days after allowing right-wing Jewish exremists to demonstrate in an Arab town, Channel 10 reported Tuesday.Students had sought permission to protest proposed legislation to bypass a ruling by the Supreme Court, which overnturned a law that guaranteed funding exclusively to religious students.Read More: @ haaretz.comYou might also like:Supreme Court rebukes Shin Bet for ‘isolating’ ...

Police issue arrest warrant for rabbi that supported book which justifies killing non-Jews

The police have issued an arrest warrant for Dov Lior, the head rabbi of Kiryat Arba and a senior figure in religious Zionism. The warrant follows the rabbi’s refusal to appear for questioning on the support he gave for the controversial book “Torat Hamelech,” which justifies killing non-Jews.The commander of the Hebron police visited Lior’s home several days ago and ...

Police arrest Women of the Wall leader for praying with Torah scroll

Jerusalem Police on Monday arrested the leader of the Women of the Wall group for carrying a Torah scroll while praying at the Western Wall, Army Radio reported. Anat Hoffman, the women’s prayer group leader, was arrested and taken in for questioning after she was caught holding a Torah scroll in violation of a High Court ruling prohibiting women from ...

Police arrest suspect in L.A. Jewish center bombing

An Ohio rabbi who became suspicious of a man asking for a place to stay led police to arrest on Monday a suspect in the explosion at a California synagogue.The man is believed to be Ron Hirsch, 60, a transient known to spend time at synagogues and other Jewish community centers seeking charity, said FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller in Los ...

‘Polarization growing since Rabin murder’

The poll was commissioned by the Tzav Pius organization, which works to promote mutual understanding among Israeli Jews, through the Zeta Tools research institute. It reveals that 65% of seculars and 61% of traditional Jews identify with the Rabin memorial.Among religious Jews, only 26% feel very affiliated with the memorial, while 39% reported feeling slightly affiliated.About 50% of the public ...