Poland

Ghetto Fighters’ House: World's first Holocaust museum keeping memory, message alive

The Ghetto Fighters’ House brings rare archival artifacts and stories to Givatayim for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, linking past resilience to today’s changing world.

Janusz Korczak motivated the children in his care by giving them jolly cards.
IDF commanders visit Auschwitz as part of their training.

After October 7, IDF commanders visit Poland for Holocaust lessons and battlefield reflections

The Maccabi Krakow ice hockey team in full flow during a game in 1934.

When Jewish athletes dominated Polish sport: A lost legacy

Israelis during a judo practice in Ramat Gan, July 5, 2024.

Israel alleges antisemitic attack on youth judo team in Poland, local authorities dispute claims


Poland detains 19-year old man suspected of planning terrorist attack, interior ministry spokesman

The suspects are believed to have been inspired by mass-killers, including Anders Breivik.

Police officers look on outside a restaurant ahead of a football match,  May 28, 2025.

Israel, don't let democracy die: Beware the populist tide in Europe - opinion

After a populist with ties to organized crime won the Polish elections, does Israel face a similar threat?

  Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, gestures next to his wife Marta Nawrocka, his sons Antoni and Daniel and daughter Katarzyna, as they react to the exit polls of the second round of the presidential election, in Warsaw, Poland.

Warsaw is silent, but Poland rises up in anti-establishment statement - anaylsis

Nawrocki’s narrow win, securing just over 50.8% of the vote, marked a stunning reversal of the liberal optimism that swept Prime Minister Donald Tusk into power barely 18 months earlier.

 Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, speaks next to his wife Marta Nawrocka, his sons Antoni and Daniel and daughter Katarzyna, as he reacts to the exit polls of the second round of the presidential election, in Poland, June 2025.

Polish nationalist Nawrocki wins presidency in setback for pro-EU government

In a victory for European conservatives inspired by US President Donald Trump, Nawrocki secured 50.89% of the vote, election commission data showed.

 Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, reacts to the exit polls of the second round of the presidential election, in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025.

The comeback of the conservative-sovereigntist Right in Poland - analysis

The 43-year-old historian, director of the Polish National Remembrance Institute (IPN), won the presidential race, despite polls foreseeing his defeat.

Presidential campaign posters in Poland.

Poland votes for its next president, with Polish-Jewish history on the ballot

Voters are casting their ballots in the decisive runoff between Rafał Trzaskowski, the liberal-centrist mayor of Warsaw, and Karol Nawrocki, a right-wing historian rewriting Holocaust history.

Presidential campaign posters in Poland.

Medieval settlement discovered during expressway construction in Poland

Archaeologists find traces of developed settlement with residential buildings and artifacts from the 14th-15th centuries.

 Medieval settlement discovered during expressway construction in Poland.

Hidden-tunnel letter rekindles hunt for Poland’s fabled Nazi ‘Gold Train’

The “gold train” allegedly left Breslau in 1945 with treasures—possibly Amber Room panels—then vanished into the Riese tunnels beneath the Owl Mountains as Soviet forces advanced.

 Historic train tunnels in Poland.

Woman beheaded during axe attack at Warsaw University, Polish media reports

Private broadcaster Polsat News reported that a woman's severed head and an axe had been found at the university.

Polish police secure an area at the Warsaw University campus after an attack with an axe, in Warsaw, Poland, May 7, 2025

No easy road: Avdija, Israel gear up for tricky EuroBasket challenge in Poland

On paper, Israel should be able to get through the group. However, each team that it will face poses its own challenges.

 ISRAEL STAR Deni Avdija (left) speaks with National Team coach Ariel Beit Halachmi during a recent practice ahead of this summer’s EuroBasket tournament.