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Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

May 28, 2026, 2:46 PM

Mental Divorce from Israel?

As public opinion shifts, governments turn protest into policy, and Jews abroad become unwilling proxies for Israel, the question is no longer whether Israel faces criticism — but whether it is losing its strategic atmosphere. Mental Divorce from Israel? When Israel...

Sheldon Kirshner

May 25, 2026, 7:47 PM

Poland Versus History

Polish-Jewish relations during the German occupation of Poland were tortuous at best. As the Nazi occupiers ruthlessly exterminated Polish Jews in a methodical campaign of genocide, the vast majority of Polish Christians lay low and reacted with indifference. Still...

May 16, 2026, 5:07 PM

Indian Leaders Meet Grzegorz Braun in Brussels

India presents a curious case study where Jews have been able to maintain a peaceful existence without the need to withdraw into a self-centered ghetto, unlike in the other parts of the world. Nathan Katz has attributed this to...

May 5, 2026, 6:16 AM

What I Learned as a Venezuelan When Iran War Sent Me To Poland Instead of Israel

Danna Matheus reporting from Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.

WARSAW, Poland — Days before a planned media tour in Israel, Iranian rockets lit up the sky and forced a sudden change of course. Instead of reporting from Tel Aviv, I found myself in Auschwitz. As a non-Jewish Venezuelan American,...

May 1, 2026, 7:45 PM

Fighting the Evil at Its Very Home

The Birdman of Auschwitz: New Exhibition at the House 88 Reviewing Essay in two parts. Part II. Part I can be read here. Thought-provoking and unusual exhibition The Birdman of Auschwitz: Science and Faltered Conscience has been opened at House 88 in Oswenziem,...

May 1, 2026, 12:36 AM

Adrenaline as an Anaesthetic for Auschwitz

A Ferris wheel in the outskirts of Kraków, Poland (Photo courtesy of the author)

A Jewish‑school teacher in Budapest recently proposed a two‑day trip for 16–18‑year‑olds: one day at the Auschwitz‑Birkenau Memorial, the next at a Polish theme‑park, complete with rollercoasters and bumper cars. Her stated reason was that Auschwitz is “too depressing”...

Apr 29, 2026, 12:33 AM

Revisiting Conscience. Or Absence of It.

The Birdman of Auschwitz: New Exhibition at the House 88 Parallels: People’s Lives and Deeds Some while ago, not that far from now, Ambassador Mark Wallace was discussing things with his friend, famous architect Daniel Libeskind. The conversation was, in a...

Apr 28, 2026, 8:10 PM

Spinoza and the Butterfly Effect. Part 2: The Gathering Storm

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed Uriel Da Costa and Spinoza and their encounters with the Jewish religious authorities, and the subsequent herems. Uriel da Costa and Baruch Spinoza rank high on the list of grand herems....

Andrzej Pawluszek

Apr 20, 2026, 12:02 AM

Synagogues burn in the West, but Poland is handed the bill

In recent weeks, Jewish communities across Western Europe have faced a disturbing wave of violence. A synagogue was set on fire in Rotterdam. A Jewish school in Amsterdam was damaged by an explosive device. In London, four Hatzola ambulances...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Apr 16, 2026, 11:19 PM

To Not Was Not a Scandal. It Was an Offer.

To Not Was Not a Scandal. It Was an Offer. When a swastika appears in the Polish parliament, the easiest response is to speak about the brutalization of language or the collapse of civic standards. That is not enough. Konrad...

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