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Anger As Warsaw Court Orders Holocaust Scholars to Apologize for Alleged Libel

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The ruling on Tuesday by a Polish court against two leading scholars of the Holocaust on trial for libel sent a chill throughout the Jewish world, as community and academic leaders warned that independent research into the Nazi persecution of the Jews during World War II would be stifled as a consequence • Full Story

Polish Cops Question Jewish Website Editor Over Article on Polish Complicity With The Nazis

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The editor of a website devoted to Jewish life in Poland was questioned by Polish police on Thursday, following an anonymous complaint concerning an article she wrote about Polish complicity with the Nazi persecution of the country’s 3 million Jews during World War II • Full Story

Poland Looking to Ban Kosher Meat Exports

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A newly introduced “animal rights” bill introduced by Poland’s ruling party includes a clause that would ban the export of kosher and halal meat. While the bill does not address the legality of shechita for Poland’s small Jewish community, it threatens to shut down an export industry that has become one of the major sources of kosher beef for Eretz Yisrael and much of Western Europe • Full Story

Krakow: Chief Rabbi Sides With Shliach

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Chief Rabbi of Poland, Rabbi Mordechai Sedrick, has come out in support of Chabad Shaliach, Rav Mordechai Gurary in the machlokes surrounding a Shul in Krakow • Full Story

Tefillin, Mivtzoim at the March

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Lubavitchers were on hand at the 30th March of the Living in Poland, to help participants put on Tefillin and recite a prayer in memory of the 6 million Yidden who perished in the Holocaust • Photos

Poland Attempts to Suppress History

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Despite international criticism, a new “Holocaust law,” criminalizing the mention of “Polish death camps” and talk of Polish collaboration with the Nazis, passed both houses of Poland’s parliament and is set to be signed into law by President Andrzej Duda • Full Story

US Urges Poland to Drop Holocaust Bill

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The United States asked Poland to rethink plans to enact proposed legislation regulating Holocaust speech that has sparked a diplomatic dispute with Israel, arguing Wednesday that if it passes it could hurt freedom of speech as well as strategic relationships • Full Story

Poland Overturns Ban On Kosher Slaughter

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Rabbi Menachem Margolin in Poland's courthouse this morning

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After tireless efforts by the European Jewish Association, led by Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Poland’s constitutional court allowed the resumption of Kosher Shchita in the country ● Full Story