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Martha's grandfather, Frank Kostyra, owned a tavern in Jersey City. On the 4th of July 1929, two boys stuck a piece of dynamite in the foundation of the tavern, causing an explosion. It's somewhat remarkable that the building is still a tavern today.
I was watching fishing or the UFC, I can't remember which, and the missus calls from the other side of the room, "Listen to this... " and proceeded to fill me in on the details in an episode of misanthropy so grisly even Eastern Europeans seem to disapprove.
To trivialize anti-Semitism (and by extension the Holocaust) by tossing the "anti-Semite" charge around with joyful recklessness is ugly, disrespectful, and obscene. Is it too much to ask the right to show a little respect for the dead?
We are not interested in a return to a situation where Germany towers over its neighbors. We are wary of the nationalist rhetoric that is resurging in Poland or France. Didn't we conclude that nationalism, too, was a thing of the past?
The great Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska died Wednesday. And while she was never one for travel herself, her poetry did, and it touched millions. Among her admirers was Woody Allen: "She is able to capture the pointlessness and sadness of life, but somehow still be affirmative."
In addition to being a serious cookbook with more than 50 Polish recipes (from pierogi to poppy-seed cake) taken from Beata's grandmother's handwritten notes, Rose Petal Jam is also part memoir and part travelogue.
The festival showcases a vivid tapestry of the Jewish experience. Many of the films may not receive a commercial release, so now is the time to take in a screening.
As for the politicians, both the incumbents and those seeking to replace them, they'd do well to begin to engage in those discussions rather than merely scoring points against each other -- and to take the lead in the search for new strategies and new solutions.
Looking back at my encounters with Havel, I'm struck by three dominant character traits: his moral courage, his ability to recognize and live with the contradictions of human behavior, and his sense of the absurd.
The expanding definition of "life" or "alive" is not only a consequence of joyful abuse of language and metaphors, but also the outcome of an increasingly able gaze upon the things that make -- and with which we make -- the world we supposedly know.
On the same day I testified on Capitol Hill about the terrible record for transparency and corrupt records at the Federal Reserve, its chairman, Ben Bernanke, gave a strong opposing view before the Joint Economic Committee.
He passed away in 2000, at the age of 86. The more time goes by, the more I miss him. Precisely when his voice is needed more than ever, he is no longer among us.
Observing our small bore politicians bickering while America risks fiscal and moral collapse from the vantage point of a ceremony in Gdansk, Poland --...
On Saturday night in Wroclaw, Poland, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko defeated Polish challenger Tomasz Adamek. This was Klitschko's 9th successful title defense.
The victims of Jedwabne and other infamous murders never seem to get any rest. Just when we think that the wound has healed, someone comes along and rips it open.
