A former textile manufacturing hub, the last century or so has been a mixed bag for Lodz, Poland. World War II saw Nazi occupation followed by the woes of the Cold War. The fall of the Soviet ...

‘Go back to Poland.” So chanted some of the pro-Hamas protesters at Columbia University in recent weeks. The message, directed at Jewish students, has stuck with me. I was born in ...

In this documentary, directed by Slawomir Grunberg, Lilka Elbaum, a historical researcher born in Lodz, Poland, starts with a painting from the apartment in Lodz where she grew up. The painting ...

Credit: Wilhelm Holtfreter, Wiki Commons (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) Construction workers renovating an old tenement house in Lodz, Poland, unearthed a surprising find: an untouched cache of ...

Poland took in millions of people fleeing the war in Ukraine. But a vocal minority is trying to stoke tensions as Russian attacks threaten to prompt a new surge. By Andrew Higgins LODZ ...

The New York Times’ Nicholas Kulish recently visited Lodz, Poland, a city that has gained a reputation as the Amsterdam of street racing. Until recently, Lodz (pronounced “Woodge”) was best ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, it’s also worth a documentary inspired by one. That would be director Slawomir Grünberg’s moving and evocative “Still Life in Lodz,” which centers ...

Seven-year-old Amellia Anisovych, a refugee from Ukraine, center, sings the Ukraine national anthem at the start of a fund-raising concert in Lodz, Poland, Sunday, March 20, 2022. AP The little ...

Amellia wore a traditional Ukrainian dress with her hair in pigtails when she sang the anthem at the "Together for Ukraine” concert in Lodz, Poland. Seven-year-old Amellia Anisovych, a refugee ...

(JTA) — Construction workers renovating an old tenement house in Lodz, Poland, unearthed a surprising find: an untouched cache of hundreds of Jewish artifacts believed to have been hidden in ...