Goooooo baaaaack to polaaaaand? 🤔

"In March 1968, #RachelleHalpern walked into her university in #Szczecin, #Poland, and found a group of her classmates gathered around a newspaper. She asked what they were reading about. The answer came: “#Zionists.”

#Halpern didn’t understand. Who were the Zionists? One classmate said, “The #Jews.”

“But I’m a #Jew,” said Halpern. Her classmates looked at her in disbelief. She couldn’t be, one said. She had no horns.

Halpern was about to be swept up in a spiral of social and political crises in communist Poland, culminating in a government-sponsored #antisemitic campaign that stripped Jews of their jobs, schools, and citizenship, forcing some 13,000 to leave the country. Within months, Halpern would find herself renouncing her #Polish nationality and leaving everything she knew for a new life in the #UnitedStates.

At that moment, when her classmates read the word “#Zionists” and looked up at her with horror, she felt a shift."

https://www.jta.org/2026/06/12/global/13000-zionists-were-driven-out-of-poland-in-1968-now-some-are-returning-to-tell-their-story

Cool cool cool. Good times out here I guess... 😒

"When dozens of #Jewish girls emerged from a storm drain in #Nyack, #NewYork, Wednesday after becoming lost on a #school trip, local officials described the episode as a fortunate ending to a potentially dangerous situation.

On #socialmedia, however, the incident quickly drew a slew of #antisemitic comments.

“They can’t help it. Roaches and rats love the sewers,” wrote one #Facebook user on a post by the #Rockland Daily.

“Those tunnels were promised to them 3,000 years ago,” another user wrote, referencing the common online antisemitic phrase ridiculing the Jewish connection to #Israel.

Many of the comments also referenced the 2024 incident at the #Chabad-#Lubavitch movement’s world headquarters in #CrownHeights, #Brooklyn, in which a group from the movement attempted to dig an unauthorized tunnel beneath the building.

“From the tunnels in Brooklyn to the tunnels in nyack! The black coats never disappoint[...]"

https://www.jta.org/2026/06/11/united-states/after-dozens-of-jewish-girls-get-lost-in-ny-creek-tunnel-antisemitic-comments-follow-online

"A #Jewish #bakery owned by #Polish and #Israeli #immigrants in #Berlin has shut its doors, citing a combination of economic pressure and #antisemitic harassment.

#Babka&Krantz opened in the #Friedenau district in November 2022 and added a second location in December 2024, adjacent to the memorial at the site where the #Nazis devised their “#finalsolution” for the #Jews during the #Holocaust.

The second location at the House of the #WannseeConference closed on Nov. 30, according to the bakery’s Instagram account, which directed followers to a statement from the memorial that has since been deleted from its website.

“We regret the verbal abuse and the difficult situation to which the managing directors and employees of BABKA & KRANTZ Meisterkonditorei were exposed and express our full understanding for the termination of the cooperation under these circumstances,” said the March 10 statement[...]

Now, the original location has closed, too."

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-898788

Well that’s rich. Once again we uncover the deep contempt for basic morality that characterizes the #antisemitic / “anti-Israel” / “anti-Zionist” crowd.

#UN #Zionism #Israel #ICC #Judaism #Jews #Zionists #antisemitism #FreePalestineFromHamas #FreeLebanonFromHezbollah #FreeIsraelFromBibi

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/icc-chief-prosecutor-suspended-after-probe-finds-he-committed-serious-sexual-misconduct/

Not sure which I'd rather see less of, Kanye or Holocaust museums. 🤔

"The mayor of the city of #Arnhem in the #Netherlands, #AhmedMarcouch, invited the #rapper #KanyeWest to visit #Amsterdam’s main #Holocaust #museum, but management there distanced itself from the invitation on Sunday and criticized the mayor for extending it.

#Kanye West, or #Ye, is an #American performer currently on tour in the Netherlands. He has a history of making #antisemitic statements, for which he apologized earlier this year.

Ye has distanced himself from previous antisemitic statements in the past, but had revisited #Nazi themes..."

https://www.jns.org/news/world/dutch-holocaust-museum-rejects-proposed-ye-visit

"#Assemblywoman #AmyPaulin has successfully negotiated key #bufferzone protections for #housesofworship and #Jewish institutions in the #NewYork State budget bill, Part QQ of A.10008-C/S.9008-C, passed today.

The #legislation, a result of intense negotiations surrounding #Governor #Hochul’s proposed buffer zone law, aims to enhance #publicsafety while withstanding constitutional scrutiny. Assemblywoman #Paulin collaborated closely with Assemblymembers #SimchaEichenstein and #MicahLasher to craft the bill.

The agreement marks a significant win for the Jewish community and other #faithbased institutions facing increased #harassment and #antisemitic incidents. “As #antisemitism and hate crimes rise, it is essential that our institutions have meaningful protections,” Paulin said."

https://talkofthesound.com/2026/06/07/albany-secures-buffer-zone-protections-for-jewish-institutions/

"Eighty-nine percent of #Canadians agree #Jewish people belong in #Canada as much as anyone else. But 37 percent of that majority qualified their agreement with “somewhat”—a hedge that runs through the entire poll like a fault line.

The same softness also appears when Canadians are asked whether Jewish people should not be punished for the actions of the #Israeli government: 87 percent agreed, but within that, 38 percent said only “somewhat.”

Asked whether all Canadians should stand against #antisemitic statements and behaviour, 87 percent agreed. Again, 38 percent qualified that with “somewhat.”

The starkest number was around safety."

https://thehub.ca/2026/06/05/70-of-canadians-say-antisemitism-is-rising-and-only-25-strongly-agree-canada-is-safe-for-jews-exclusive-poll/