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A pair of finials, which adorned the wooden rollers of a Torah scroll, are among the artifacts being returned to Greece. (Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw)
March 4, 2026, 6:22 pm
Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after Nazi theft
This marks the first time Poland has repatriated cultural property held under its care that was illegally taken from another country
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Polish Holocaust survivor Ruth Posner, at her home in north London. Mrs Posner and her husband Michael, both aged in their 90s, are believed to have died last weekend in the Pegasos clinic in Basel.
September 29, 2025, 10:19 am
Holocaust survivor and husband emailed friends about deaths at Swiss clinic
Polish-born actress Ruth Posner and her husband Michael said they did not want to 'just exist'
By Jewish News Reporter
Polish archaeology students at work excavating a Jewish cemetery in Warsaw, September 2024. (Shira Li Bartov)
February 28, 2025, 11:01 am
Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world
In a secluded burial ground blanketed with tragedy and neglect, a group of young people are revealing fragments of Poland’s Jewish past.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
A photograph of Jews inside the Warsaw Ghetto during the uprising, taken by the photographer Z. L. Grzywaczewski. (Family archive of Maciej Grzywaczewski, son of Leszek Grzywaczewski / Photo from the negative: POLIN Museum)
January 20, 2023, 11:13 am
Never-before-seen pictures of Warsaw Ghetto uprising discovered
Priceless roll of film taken by Warsaw firefighter during the 1943 Jewish revolt reveals smoke over the ghetto and burned-out houses.
By David I Klein (JTA)
Picture: Cnaan Liphshiz
June 22, 2022, 8:19 pm
Jozef Walaszczyk, Poland’s oldest rescuer of Jews, dies at 102
Although he was responsible for saving at least 50 Jews, his story is relatively unknown in Poland and beyond, partly because of his aversion to being celebrated as a hero.
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a press conference.
March 1, 2022, 4:37 pm
Boris Johnson confronted by emotional Ukrainian journalist over Abramovich sanctions
Exchange came after the Chelsea owner's daughter Sofia posted an Instagram message that had used the words “Russia wants a war with Ukraine” but with Russia crossed out and replaced with “Putin"
By Lee Harpin
June 8, 2021, 2:54 pm
‘Free Gaza’ Warsaw Ghetto vandaliser ‘supporting’ union antisemitism sessions
EXCLUSIVE: Ewa Jasiewicz, who caused outrage in 2010 by daubing graffiti on the walls of the former ghetto, is assisting with sessions for members of the National Education Union.
By Lee Harpin
Women from all backgrounds took part in the uprising
April 23, 2021, 2:19 pm
Women of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising remembered
This year's commemorations celebrates the part played by women, including teenagers and mothers, who helped fight the German troops.
Captured Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto are led by German troops to the assembly point for deportation.
April 21, 2021, 4:08 pm
Warsaw unveils monument to underground archive that documented Shoah horror
The commemoration of the Ringelblum Archive was timed to the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
By JTA
A view of the Raquel Liberman tile in Buenos Aires. (Screenshot from YouTube)
September 26, 2020, 4:04 pm
Jewish woman who helped take down sex-trafficking ring in 1930s honoured
Raquel Liberman gets public recognition for gelling to destroy the ring in Buenos Aires, a city in which she became a symbol of feminist resistance
By JTA
Rafal Ziemkiewicz (Wikipedia/ Author: Adrian Grycuk/ Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Poland (CC BY-SA 3.0 PL) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/pl/legalcode)
June 5, 2020, 11:28 am
Polish journalist calls Jews ‘ruthless’ and the Holocaust ‘a myth’ in new book
Antisemitism watchdog criticised right-wing author Rafal Ziemkiewicz over work which disparaging remarks about Jews and says Israelis are 'killing machines'
By JTA
The new Wall of Names with names of the 3,485 Jews who were deported during Nazi occupation
January 31, 2020, 12:52 pm
City of Nice remembers the thousands forcibly deported
We look at the history of the French city with two shuls that has just dedicated a new Wall of Names
By Robert Levitt
Polish people rally against restitution
January 28, 2020, 10:58 am
2-0! Jewish News wins second Polish legal case 
Second Warsaw court backs newspaper after nationalists – who claim media must use term 'German Nazis' in reference to Holocaust – appealed original verdict.
By Jewish News Reporter
Jozef Walaszczyk cutting his 100th birthday as Righteous Among the Nations were honoured in Warsaw
November 20, 2019, 3:44 pm
Shoah rescuer gets surprise 100th birthday party in Poland as righteous honoured
Jozef Walaszczyk and peers who helped save Jews during the Holocaust were recognised at an event organised by a UK-Israeli activist
By JTA
Antisemitic caricature as displayed at the Jewish Museum's exhibit
July 29, 2019, 12:30 pm
Jewish Museum’s ‘Jews, Money, Myth’ exhibition extended until October
Display which has been called a 'huge success' by the head of the museum also attracted criticism and antisemitic responses
By Jenni Frazer
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