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Our communal sense of history and peoplehood, and our ties to our religion and traditions, will continue to give us the strength to continue being a light unto the nations while our enemies fall by the wayside.

Artificial palm tree comes of age in the Polish capital AFP, WARSAW Tropical is not a word that springs to mind when talking about the gray Polish capital, yet, a fake palm tree towering over downtown Warsaw has firmly taken root in the city’s landscape and affections — and is even a popular postcard landmark. Standing aloft a busy central roundabout, the artificial tree began life 18 years ago as an art project and now provides an exotic rallying point for many social causes. It has donned...

The chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Famous Russian nuclear physicist Charter97.org on the statement of the science official: - I agree with Vladimir Gusakov that there have been no emergencies (especially associated with radioactive emissions) at this power plant yet. He is wrong to say there have been no incidents. One should realize that it is the pilot operation of the plant now. The plant is not being put into operation; the equipment is being tes...

Vessels from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, have been complicit in maritime “pushback” operations to drive away refugees and migrants attempting to enter the European Union via Greek waters, a joint investigation by Bellingcat, Lighthouse Reports, Der Spiegel, ARD and TV Asahi has found. Open source data suggests Frontex assets were actively involved in one pushback incident at the Greek-Turkish maritime border in the Aegean Sea, were present at another and have been i...

3 Min Read WARSAW (Reuters) - Several thousand people marched through cities across Poland on Friday in a third day of protests against a near-total ban on abortion since it was put into effect by the conservative government earlier this week. Defying coronavirus restrictions, hundreds gathered in central Warsaw, chanting “freedom, equality, abortion on demand”. Some carried placards that said “I am afraid to live here” and “Banning abortion discriminates against the poor”. The prot...

Built by a mason from concrete and glass, and notched into the earth, this home in Warsaw, NY, needs serious work to bring it up to date.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s economy shrank 2.8% during 2020 due to the pandemic, ending three decades of constant growth, according to preliminary figures released by the national statistical office. The report released Friday by Statistics Poland showed that the usual driving forces of the economy faltered. Private sector spending shrank by 3% and investment contracted by 8.4%. It was the first contraction in Poland’s GDP since a 7% drop in 1991, when the economy was going through a p...

Follow Jan. 30, 2021 Deep sadness overwhelmed David Fishman last summer when the National Library announced that it was closing its doors temporarily under the constraints of the coronavirus pandemic. Although Prof. Fishman lives a very long way from the reading rooms of the Jerusalem institution, his study of the heroic operation to rescue Jewish books during the Holocaust had brought home to him how crucial they are for the spiritual and cultural survival of humanity. In a conversation from h...

Green is good, but who trusts it? A new study finds only a third of EU consumers trust the green credentials of food products Image: Shutterstock Only a third of European consumers feel confident that food products are generally produced in a sustainable way. That’s according to a report by Europe’s leading food innovation initiative EIT Food, which suggests almost 76% of Europeans feel a moral obligation to use environmentally-friendly products. The survey of nearly 20,000 people across 1...

Obituary - LOLA MONDRY Submitted by the family On Jan. 16, 2021, at 4 a.m., Lola Mondry passed away from natural causes a few months shy of her 100th birthday. Known for her spitfire personality and huge heart, Lola will be missed by those that called her mom, grandma, bubbie Lola and Gigi. Lola lived a life full of heartache and pure joy. She loved only one man, and their journey was one that they make movies about. Man, did she love to dance, making her the life of every party. She loved to ...