Ah, To Be a Jew Again…
- 01.17.2008 - 12:48 PMThe London Jewish Chronicle reports on the bizarre Jewish revival now taking place in Poland. You see, there used to be three million Jews there, but now there are only about 30,000, since all the rest were, um, murdered. So today, throughout the country, Jewish film festivals, Hasidic music, and a whole array of cultural events have been initiated, but mostly by non-Jews, for non-Jews. Polish supermarkets now sell Challah and kosher salt in communities that have no Jews. Why? “One Pole in 10 was Jewish before the war,” the Chronicle offers. “Like the phantom pain from a long-lost limb, some of the population may have experienced a longing for what has disappeared.”
Eew.
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January 17th, 2008 at 12:59 PM
FWIW, The NYT did a story on this trend 6 months ago.
January 17th, 2008 at 3:18 PM
And guess what kids, “old attitudes are changing among Poles. Younger people are less likely to spout the blood-libel beliefs of an older generation.”
I think I’m going to puke.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Everyone loves Jews when they’re dead.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Not only Poland. The old Jewish section of Prague is a thriving tourist area.