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To: Revolting cat!
I’ve just read that the number of people who identify themselves as Jews in Poland has increased eightfold in recent years. Explain that Poland haters!

I am not a "Poland hater." I merely point out the unfortunate fact that chrstianity in its more historical forms (apart from American Judaeophilic reconstructionism) has never been a friend of Jews, and that includes Poland. I believe that Jews were being killed in Poland as late as 1946. Please feel to correct me if I'm wrong.

If Jews feel more comfortable in contemporary Poland I am glad of it, though I still think Jews should live in 'Eretz Yisra'el now that it is available rather than a continent that has historically been such a nightmare for them.

The affinity of the Jews for Poland in former times is well known. Even the Hebrew name of the country--Polonya--was punned as "G-d lives here."

33 posted on 04/17/2013 6:27:01 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo'-ya`avdukh yove'du; vehagoyim charov yecheravu!)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Fair enough. Those relationships between Christians and Jews over there have been complex to say the least, and the simplifications read in sources like the New York Times are simply maddening. I’ve known quite a few (formerly) Polish Jews, and their feelings toward Poland have often been on the opposite poles (no pun intended.)


44 posted on 04/17/2013 7:25:10 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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