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Anti-Semitism Showing Reductions In Poland

By Howard M. Friedman

Today's New York Times reports that Poland "is finally showing solid signs of shedding the rabid anti-Semitism of the past." There has been a small Jewish revival in Eastern Europe, with hundreds of Poles converting to Judaism or discovering Jewish roots that were hidden during World War II. The article focuses specifically on the story of Pawel, a former Nazi skinhead, who after discovering he and his wife both had Jewish grandparents has become an observant Orthodox Jew. Pawel says he is now studying to become a schochet, a a ritual kosher slaughterer of animals. He explained: "I am good with knives."

Full post as published by Religion Clause on February 28, 2010 (boomark / email).