Opinion | Does the U.S. State Department Now Wink at Holocaust Distortion?
Ambassador Rose recently absolved Poland and its people of any responsibility for the genocide of European Jewry during World War II.
Film Review | 1937’s ‘The Dybbuk’: Just in Time for Halloween
This year, as Halloween approached, I found myself thinking about The Dybbuk as I scrolled the seemingly endless number of horror films offered on one...
Travel and Teshuvah: Our Tour Through Poland’s Contradictions
The future of Jewish life in Poland is neither established nor secure, but nor is it foreclosed. Poland is an opportunity.
Short Fiction | ‘The Villa on Targova’
In Łódź during World War II, a wealthy factory owner hopes that his wealth and connections will enable him to avoid the fate of his fellow Jews.
Opinion | To Coin a Crime
Is killing Jews “the right thing” to do? The Polish government seems to believe it is.
Why Was Season Four of Stranger Things Filmed in a Nazi Prison?
Based on Lukiškės Prison's past, its present can be a little jarring.
A Headstone for Zach
People told us that it would get better, the grief. But how was this different from forgetting?
In 2021, the Pandemic Has Spawned Anti-Semitism Around the Globe
As the world came to grips with the seriousness of the pandemic last spring, conspiracies arose linking COVID-19 and anti-Semitism.
Anti-Semitic Tropes, Abroad and at Home
In July, we documented incidents in 16 different countries to add to the Anti-Semitism Monitor database. However, for the July roundup column, we are focusing...
What to Watch | Harlan Coben’s “The Woods”
The next stop on our diaspora tour of lockdown streaming TV series brings us to Poland, although the route to this locale is a circuitous...
Talk of the Table | Why Feminists Should Eat Dairy on Hanukkah
Hanukkah is associated with the bravery of the Maccabees, the group of heroic Jews who rebelled against the Greek-Syrian empire, defeated it against all odds...
Opinion | Poland and Hungary Are the Tip of the Iceberg
The news from Central Europe seems to be uniformly bad: democracy threatened, rule of law subverted, historical revisionism triumphant. It all carries a nasty 1930s flavor. To Western readers, moreover, most of that news seems to come from Budapest and Warsaw. We don’t hear much from such places as Bratislava, Bucharest or Ljubljana—and no news is good news, right? Look again.