History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Jews were initially perceived as too shrewd, too ready to see the wrong doings of others:-)

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Israel was still virgin territory by the fime the European-Jewish settlers, the Jabotinskys and so forth, arrived in the Holy Land! Try teaching Holocaust studies to Israeli youth. "So why didn't those in the schtettl simply blow 'em all away with their semi-automatics?", was the usual response from high schoolers.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Ever heard of the past that won't pass away? I guess not. Pity that. The past is always present:-)

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

The Church demonized the Jews as a mendacious lot for centuries! All lies, for the most part. A well disseminated children's Yuletide album from Nueremberg read: "Traut keinem Fuchs auf gruener Heid' und keinem Jud' bei seinem Eid." (Trust ye neither the fox alone upon the heath nor the Jew at his word) Charming little ditty.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Yet Jesus of course technically was Jewish because of Mary Magdalene:-)

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Tell that to the Untouchables, I'm sure they'll be thrilled. LOL

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Jews were the competition.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Re-read #574 and #577 once again, and EXTRA SLOWLY this time 'round.. if you can lol

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Yet history shows that the more the Jews of Europe assimilated, indeed converted, the more their lives improved:-) @Novi, insulting your intelligence doesn't take much!

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Jews were blamed for every ill under the sun because they were mistakenly targeted as "Christ killers". In fact, it was the Romans who murdered Jesus.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Will ck. it out.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Kinda tough to be even-handed with a German SS goon killing a typically defenseless, unarmed shtettl Jew probably twice the other man's size! For this reason, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising proved once and for all to the Germans as well as the rest of the world that Maccabee spirit, namely, that the Jews weren't nebishy chumps:-)

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Yep, those stubborn stats'll getcha every time!

My truth? There's only one, I always learned.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Jews have historically gotten bad press, aided and abetted by the Catholic Church.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Once again, to paraphrase Disraeli, there are lies, there are damned lies, and then there are statistics!

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Did you have to have experienced the first Vesuvius eruption to know logically it must have been hellish?!

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Yo, chumperoo! I'm talkin' PRE- Pia Kjaersgaard.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

DENMARK!! Dr. Claussen would have been trounced out of the Folketing:-)

News / Famous Polish writer prosecuted for free speech [71]

True. We defend everyone's right to be a moronLOL

News / Famous Polish writer prosecuted for free speech [71]

If Poland doesn't sometimes admit her leaders have feet of clay or that the emperor has no clothes, we've got a serious problem!

Study / Polish for foreigners (preparatory programs) [4]

The Kosciuszko Foundation in NYC used to partner some time back with the University of Cracow in an exchange program for Americans who want tn learn Polish.

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

BerLIN is of course Slavic in origin:-) Look further at Neu RuppIN, Das Schloss StechLIN etc. @Almost everybody, B.B.

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

Well, sure. Who the heck would?

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

Nobody? I do.

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

You keep arguing in circles! What is your point?

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

OK, so the Northern Germans consider themselves "Nordic", the Bavarians more "Dinaric"? How about you Berliners?? LOL

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

@Milo, Germans consider themselves Northern, the Austrians, Central European!

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

Northern Europe, obviously.

Love / She's muslim and I am christian, will it ever work? Has anyone had similar experiences [63]

Love, like justice, is blind...or should be:-)

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

Poland belongs to Eastern Europe, more Westernized/Latinized than Russia or Ukraine, yet sqarely Slavic. Czech Republic though is Central European:-)