Poland

March of the Living: Holocaust survivors stand tall against surge of world-wide antisemitism

Among the small group of elderly survivors, many of whom were children during WWII, ten were able to fly from Israel, despite Hezbollah still firing rockets at civilians.

Memory stones at the sole surviving Krakow Jewish ghetto wall.
An El Al Boeing 737 takes off from Ben-Gurion Airport, March 5, 2026.

El Al to add nine additional destinations, several int'l airlines to resume Ben-Gurion flights

Esther Kreitman (nee Singer), born in 1891 in Biłgoraj, Poland, to a rabbinic family, became a Yiddish-language novelist and short story writer.

There was always a third Singer: Yiddish literary diamonds revealed - review

Medieval town found in Polish forest.

Archaeologists uncover traces of a lost medieval city deep in Polish forest


Polish nationalist Nawrocki wins presidency in setback for pro-EU government

In a victory for European conservatives inspired by US President Donald Trump, Nawrocki secured 50.89% of the vote, election commission data showed.

 Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, reacts to the exit polls of the second round of the presidential election, in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025.

The comeback of the conservative-sovereigntist Right in Poland - analysis

The 43-year-old historian, director of the Polish National Remembrance Institute (IPN), won the presidential race, despite polls foreseeing his defeat.

Presidential campaign posters in Poland.

Poland votes for its next president, with Polish-Jewish history on the ballot

Voters are casting their ballots in the decisive runoff between Rafał Trzaskowski, the liberal-centrist mayor of Warsaw, and Karol Nawrocki, a right-wing historian rewriting Holocaust history.

Presidential campaign posters in Poland.

Medieval settlement discovered during expressway construction in Poland

Archaeologists find traces of developed settlement with residential buildings and artifacts from the 14th-15th centuries.

 Medieval settlement discovered during expressway construction in Poland.

Hidden-tunnel letter rekindles hunt for Poland’s fabled Nazi ‘Gold Train’

The “gold train” allegedly left Breslau in 1945 with treasures—possibly Amber Room panels—then vanished into the Riese tunnels beneath the Owl Mountains as Soviet forces advanced.

 Historic train tunnels in Poland.

Woman beheaded during axe attack at Warsaw University, Polish media reports

Private broadcaster Polsat News reported that a woman's severed head and an axe had been found at the university.

Polish police secure an area at the Warsaw University campus after an attack with an axe, in Warsaw, Poland, May 7, 2025

No easy road: Avdija, Israel gear up for tricky EuroBasket challenge in Poland

On paper, Israel should be able to get through the group. However, each team that it will face poses its own challenges.

 ISRAEL STAR Deni Avdija (left) speaks with National Team coach Ariel Beit Halachmi during a recent practice ahead of this summer’s EuroBasket tournament.

Eurasian silver and slavery: The unexpected rise and fall of the Piast dynasty

The fatal liability of lacking reliable prior networks revealed itself in the rapid collapse of the first Polish state.

 Marcinkowo Górne, Poland, September 20 2022. Monument of Leszek the White, prince of Masovia and Kujawy from the Piast dynasty, murdered in Gąsawa massacre, by order of duke of Pomerania in year 1227.

'Sons and Daughters': The last great Yiddish novel now available in English - review

An English translation by Rose Waldman of Chaim Grade’s final, unfinished work has been published.

 JEWISH WEDDING in a Russian shtetl, complete with klezmer band; painting by Isaak Asknaziy, 1893.

Grapevine: Remembrance

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on May 2, 2024, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.