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Author: Nissan Tzur

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Israelis Feel Good About Krakow

July 24, 2014September 20, 2015 Nissan Tzur

Not for the first time, journalist and Krakow Post contributor Nissan Tzur has stirred up strong emotions with his reporting.

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Krakow Arena Nears Completion

March 13, 2014September 20, 2015 Nissan Tzur 1 Comment

When it was announced that four Polish locations would host matches during the Euro 2012 football championship, Cracovians were disappointed

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Jarosław Gowin: The Maverick

September 9, 2013 Nissan Tzur 0 Comments

Krakow politician Jarosław Gowin was elected as one of 14 members of parliament for the Krakow constituency in 2007, and again four years later. He was appointed Minister of Justice by Prime Minister Donald Tusk in 2011 and looked to be on the path…

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Ritual Slaughter Continues in Krakow Despite Ban

August 16, 2013 Nissan Tzur 6 Comments

A ruling from Poland’s Constitutional Court effectively banning kosher and halal ritual slaughter came into effect in January this year. Aware that the government was planning legislation that would overturn the ban, the Jewish community in Krakow…

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Krakow Jewish Culture Festival 2013

June 27, 2013September 20, 2015 Nissan Tzur 0 Comments

The end of June brings the 23rd Krakow Jewish Culture Festival to the streets of Kazimierz. Running from June 28 to July 7, the world-famous festival is made up of a series of events dedicated to Jewish culture and tradition…
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Krakow’s Islamic Centre

April 7, 2013April 7, 2013 Nissan Tzur 10 Comments

You’d be forgiven for not knowing that Krakow has an Islamic Centre. Tucked away on a side street north of

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Inside: Montelupich Prison

February 23, 2013September 20, 2015 Nissan Tzur 38 Comments

Krakow’s Montelupich Prison has been the scene of some of the darkest moments in the city’s recent history. British and Soviet spies, anti-Communist activists, high ranking Nazis and the victims of Nazi oppression have all found themselves behind its walls…

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Poland’s Wannabe Guy Fawkes

December 27, 2012September 20, 2015 Nissan Tzur 3 Comments

The spectre of violent political extremism intruded into Krakow’s quiet, academic world in November when Polish security services announced they had arrested a chemistry lecturer who had been planning to detonate a massive bomb outside the country’s parliament…

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Reclaiming Jewish Property in Krakow

November 18, 2012September 20, 2015 Nissan Tzur 203 Comments

Twenty three years after the fall of Communism, Poland still refuses to do what it promised to do. The government of Poland will not pass a restitution law that would either return private property or compensate Jews and their heirs for assets seized…
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Reconstructing Attitudes to Judaism in Poland

September 18, 2012September 20, 2015 Nissan Tzur 4 Comments

In 2003 Jewish community leaders in Poland approached the Polish prison service with a radical idea – using inmates to preserve and maintain the country’s many neglected Jewish cemeteries and monuments. This was the beginning of the Tikkun Project…

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