News / US slaps Poland in the face (Comey Poland) [92]

To Pol3. I am a Hebrew speaker of Polish background currently in London. I have friends and colleagues in Israel in their 40s who speak fluent Polish far better than mine. Traditionally the children of those that came in 68 etc. had Polish Catholic nannies in Israel and the Polish language for them has been maintained. My secretary in London who is Polish and occasionally speaks to these friends of mine on the phone and she says their Polish is perfect without an accent and she is amazed to hear some of them have never set foot in Poland. To be honest however Polish is more spoken by the much older age group and you are correct it is dwindling, these elderly people do have a strong accent with their Hebrew. There are still such cultural activities but it is really to cater for this much older group, theatre etc. I don't believe the Polish daily newspaper is available any more. You rarely see Polski sklep signs like in London. However much of the Polish dishes have become part of Israeli cuisine anyhow as I'm sure you are aware. Serek Wiejski for example is identical to Israeli cottage cheese. British cottage cheese is sour and disgusting.