[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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[A. Pole]

In the heart of this blood-soaked land, where Jews had been so ruthlessly hunted down and killed by their former neighbors and friends, the melody of Lecha Dodi ("Let us go and greet the Sabbath bride") was once again being recited in all its power and glory.

These evil Poles, not only they exterminated Polish Jews, they also invaded their peaceful German neighbors and stole from them Silesia, Pomerania and half of East Prussia. :(

Seriously, I was in this synagogue once, I took my Jewish high school friend there. She was granted special honor by the members of congregation as they allowed her to stand in the male part together with me :) They had prayer books in Hebrew and every other page in Polish.

[TASMANIANRED]

All the French Jews would do well to think about migrating to Poland...

[stolat]

I am an American of Polish, Slav and Austrian Jewish ancestry(my Great Grandma came from Austria). Not being well-read in the background of world history, can anyone give me a general reason as to why the Jews are hated so? I find it more so in the elitist liberal layer of this country and have not been given the opportunity to ask this question to those who harbor such feelings and wonder if they actually do have a reason for it or is it part of a pathetic desire to belong, having not one experience that would cause this hatred. Please bear with me and my ignorance. Thank you.