Bais Yaakov founder’s grave vandalized near Krakow Jewish cemetery “The community was shocked and outraged by the vandalism,” Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow, told JNS. Faygie Holt Jan. 16, 2024
June 4 is third annual Holocaust Survivor Day Jewish groups around the world will recognize “our heroes, teachers and inspiration.” June 2, 2023
Tel Aviv-Krakow flight evacuated due to bomb scare Slides were deployed and passengers instructed to leave their belongings and disembark from the Wizz Air flight shortly after it touched down in Poland. No bomb was found aboard. July 24, 2022
Outdoor exhibit about history of Polish Jews travels to Eastern European cities “Difficult chapters in Polish-Jewish history are discussed, including the Holocaust and the anti-Semitic campaign launched by the Communist authorities in March 1968,” said the POLIN museum. Aug. 5, 2021
Congressional delegation visits Auschwitz ahead of 75th anniversary of liberation “Our delegation was deeply moved by our visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau. We came to commemorate 75 years since its liberation and to reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that the horrors of the Holocaust will never be repeated,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Jan. 22, 2020
Krakow street to be named after rabbi and 300 orphans murdered in the Holocaust During the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto orphanage by the Nazis, Rabbi David Alter Kurzmann was offered to abandon the children and live or join them in their deaths. He chose the latter. May 28, 2019
