Adam Borowski

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Dec 1, 2024, 4:34 PM

On vigilante justice, spies, and psychopaths

I've come across an article here on the website about the novel, “The Goddess of Warsaw.” It's a fictional story of Bina Blonski, a Jewish actress-turned-resistance fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto, and her transformation into Lena Browning, a Hollywood...

Nov 29, 2024, 9:01 PM

Polish Pegasus drama

You're likely familiar with Pegasus - a spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group that is designed to be covertly and remotely installed on mobile phones running iOS and Android. While NSO Group markets Pegasus as a...

Nov 28, 2024, 7:07 PM

Between hutzpah and humility

In life, we need to be chameleons of the mind. We need to know when to show hutzpah and when to show humility, and all the endless emotional and behavioal states in between, depending on the occasion and what...

Nov 26, 2024, 11:29 PM

Create something that expresses who you are

From what I've read about Judaism, it encourages people to question things and find creative outlets. That's fantastic. There are groups out there that, well, let's say their members are like walking, talking artificial intelligence. It makes you wonder...

Nov 25, 2024, 10:07 PM

Alcohol, culture, and the pressure to drink

Every culture has its telling relationship with alcohol. Things get complicated when you're responsible for, say, setting up a multicultural event where people are going to want to drink different types of alcohol, and some won't want to touch...

Nov 23, 2024, 8:39 AM

Some thoughts on marriage and culture

I've been reading up on the complexities of marriage in the Jewish culture. How women are expected to behave after their husband is killed, incapacitated, or missing. The word ''unchaining'' is certainly telling. It does seem like denying a...

Nov 18, 2024, 11:41 PM

Let’s start making the right people famous

I'm pleased to see that the Times of Israel makes sure so many people who might never get any recognition otherwise, get noticed, their achievements and life stories remembered. We learn so much about the hostages, for example. Who...

Nov 17, 2024, 6:56 PM

Draft orders protest from an outside perspective

I've been reading up on Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators blocking the main highway to protest draft orders. As an outsider, the first image that comes to my mind upon hearing, ''Ultra-Orthodox Jews'' is their refusal to sit next to women on...

Nov 16, 2024, 12:32 AM

Intriguing messages from across the world

When I started writing this blog, I had no expectations. I didn't know if my blog was going to reach anyone, but I thought, ''Let's give it a shot.'' My blog was to be just a place to share...

Nov 14, 2024, 5:50 AM

Some thoughts from Poland

Life surprises us. Life is often the best source of inspiration. You know it in Israel well. About that. I wasn't going to write any blog entries, yet here we are. Life has inspired me. An interesting case happened here in...

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About Me

Adam Borowski is a technical Polish-English translator with a background in international relations and a keen interest in understanding how regime propaganda brainwashes people so effectively. He's working on a novel the plot of which is set across multiple realities. In the novel, he explores the themes of God, identity, regimes, parallel universes, genocide and brainwashing. His Kyiv Post articles covering a wide range of issues can be found at https://www.kyivpost.com/authors/27

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