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Rarely,are public figures of the our time able to formulate ideas as lucidly as Dr of Moral Philosophy Karol Wojtyla, known to humanity as Pope St. John Paul II.
"This was a particularly cruel crime. It is justified by nothing. (...). The victims were helpless and defenceless. The criminals had a sense of being unpunished since German occupants incited them to such acts. We know with all the certainty that Poles were among the oppressors and assassins. ( …).
"We are standing on a tormented land. The name Jedwabne, by a tragic ordain of fate had become for its today's citizens a byword recalling to human memory the ghosts of fratricide. It is not only in Jedwabne that superstitious prejudice was enkindled into the murderous flame of hatred in the "furnace era". Death, grief...
"Let us all be the citizens of Jedwabne today. Let us feel what they feel! (...). Thanks to a great nation-wide debate regarding this crime committed in 1941, much has changed in our lives in 2001, the first year of the new millennium. Today's Poland has courage to look into the eyes of the truth about a nightmare whic...
"We have become aware of the responsibility for our attitude towards the dark pages in our history. We have understood that bad service is done to the nation by those who are impelling to renounce that past. Such attitude leads to a moral self-destruction. (...).
"For this crime we should beg the souls of the dead and their families for forgiveness. This is why today, the President of the Republic of Poland, I beg pardon. I beg pardon in my own name and in the name of those Poles whose conscience is shattered by that crime."
President Kwasniewski ended his truly rare speech with an imperative - To turn the wrong into the right. There were a lot of people in Jedwabne on July 10th, 2001, 60 years after the massacre. They all listened to the president in attentive silence.
In ten years time, in July 2011, that same person, former president Kwasniewski visited Jedwabne again, this time it was the 70th commemoration of the massacre. There were barely a few dozen people instead of thehundreds a decade ago. It is sobering to observe how drastically the concept of ‘turning wrong into right’ c...
“Which year we are living here (in Poland) today? 1934? Or is it 1935? And my main worry is on how to avoid the year 1939” (Marian Turski in interview with Dorota Wysocka-Schnepf, TV-Wyborcza, 14th February, 2018).
And I cannot help myself from thinking: if a Holocaust survivor who lost his family, went through living hell, now 91 years old has to describe his feelings in his country in this way, the situation in Poland in 2018 is truly precarious.
It seems to me though, that those in Poland who are enjoying currently the second-hand carnival of their loud, vulgar, and crude racism and who are applying it hastily into the system of life in Poland, those who are frantically re-writing history there in a low-brow, utterly provincial hope that it will stay that way ...
“Today, we can see the symptoms of the releasing of demons in our country. The worst thing about that process, as we saw from the history of the WWII and Holocaust, is the inert, the biggest, part of society which starts to accept, gradually, what the demons brings with them: first limitations in work and study, then b...
In September 2004, I received several telephone calls from both the Vatican and Poland, from good friends, people who were close to the Pope. I was invited to come to theVatican, any time soon, as His Excellency the Pope wanted to talk to me.
It happened shortly after I was filming in Auschwitz and the Cracow ghetto for the second time, and after my husband gave master-classes at the Auschwitz Historical Jewish Centre on How to Reflect on the Holocaust in Visual Art to non-Jewish, Polish and international youth, in connection with his exhibition at the Cent...
It is not every day that you are called in to come to talk with a Pope. But my mom’s terminal cancer was in its final stage, and it prevented me from making the trip to the Vatican immediately at the time, I knew the topic which Pope John Paul II wanted to talk to me about. His Excellency wanted to talk to me on the ca...
Despite all that the Pope did with the regard to the Shoah, there was no his filmed talk about his reflections, memories, his understanding, his essential feeling of what Shoah was for him personally, and it was important for him to have it recorded in that way. In September 2004, a little over half a year before his d...
My mom’s cancer was progressing rapidly, very much in parallel, time-wise, with the path of the illness of the Pope. And I was completely occupied with the ending of the life of my mother.
From the beginning of 2005, John Paul’s II health deteriorated quickly, and in February 2005 he had a tracheotomy which put any idea of filming our conversation off the agenda. My mom passed away a month before the Pope, in early March 2005. And I flew to her funeral from Rome, leaving that last conversation with the P...
I cannot say enough how sorry am I about that missed opportunity to film the reflections and thoughts of the Pope Saint John Paul II on the Shoah, to hear and preserve what that he wanted to tell to us about it.
INNA ROGATCHI is writer, scholar and film-maker working in the area of inter-crossing in between history, culture and mentality. The theme of Holocaust and post-Holocaust has a central place among her subjects of interest. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed The Lessons of Survival film on Simon Wiesenth...
BRUSSELS - Tens-of-thousands of photographs taken by participants in the World Jewish Congress’ #WeRemember campaign to raise awareness about the horrors of the Holocaust and antisemitism are being screened January 24-25 at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, via satellite of a liv...
The live stream at Auschwitz brings a viral digital campaign symbolically offline, to the very spot where more than one million Jews were killed at the hands of the Nazis. The screening at NATO’s headquarters was made possible thanks to a partnership between the WJC and Italy’s Permanent Mission to NATO. The #WeRemembe...
WJC Deputy CEO for the Diplomacy Maram Stern and Italian Ambassador to NATO Claudio Bisogniero were among the speakers at the NATO ceremony, which coincided with multiple awareness events taking place around the world to support the #WeRemember movement, including the hosting of a Holocaust survivor’s testimony at the ...
"This year we chose to partner with the WJC #WeRemember campaign as a way of using new technology and social media to reach the widest possible audience," said Bisogniero.
“Education is key to raising awareness about antisemitism, and so too are the critical international partnerships that we are building to secure commitment to this effort. It is all the more significant that we have brought this initiative to the headquarters of NATO, the very organization that was created to unify nat...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the Federal Reserve virtually guaranteed to raise interest rates this week, investors are focused on how the U.S. central bank characterizes its monetary policy as borrowing costs return to more normal levels amid an ongoing economic expansion.
The language in the Fed policy statement “is growing increasingly stale with each successive rate hike,” Goldman Sachs economists Spencer Hill and Jan Hatzius wrote ahead of the start on Tuesday of the central bank’s two-day policy meeting.
Set against that backdrop, it makes little sense, say many analysts, for the Fed to keep promising to keep rates low as borrowing costs hit levels that are no longer considered low on an historic basis.
The Fed’s benchmark overnight lending rate, if lifted to a range of 1.75 percent to 2 percent this week, would be at a level comparable or above where it was from late 2001 to 2004, a period punctuated by the bursting of the technology bubble and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Two people wearing Scream-style masks pulled an elderly man to the ground during an attempted robbery on Halloween.
Police in Whitby are appealing for information after two masked culprits tried to rob the fast food delivery man in Southend Gardens at around 8.50pm.
The pair approached the 73-year-old and demanded his takings before pulling him to the ground.
They then left the scene with nothing.
The first suspect is described as male, around 6 ft 1in tall and of slim build. He was wearing dark clothing and wore a mask - popularised in the horror film Scream - to conceal his face.
The second suspect’s gender is not known but they were around 5ft 6ins tall and of slim build. They were wearing a dark brown fleece with long sleeves and also wore a Scream type mask.
Police are appealing to anyone in the area who wither saw the pair, can help identify them, or has any other information to contact them.
Anyone with information that could assist the investigation should contact North Yorkshire Police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Quote the North Yorkshire Police reference number 12180204027.
However, Gordon Birtwhistle and Duncan Hames became parliamentary private secretaries, the latter also finding time to speak in 134 debates.
Others seemingly marked out for advancement were Tessa Munt and Stephen Gilbert, who were named as internal party whips responsible for enforcing discipline.
Discontent with the party leadership over the coalition has tended to come from established MPs.
But the Lib Dem rebellion over student tuition fees was on a different scale to anything seen in the party in recent decades. New MPs Julian Huppert, Stephen Lloyd, Ian Swales and Simon Wright all felt strongly enough to vote against the fees rise.
In a poll of party members earlier this year by the Lib Dem Voice website, Mr Huppert was selected as the MP who had made the biggest impression.
Read the full report, including the verdict on MPs from the other parties at BBC News.
Read more by Helen Duffett or more about duncan hames, gordon birtwistle, higher education, ian swales, julian huppert, simon wright, stephen gilbert, stephen lloyd, tessa munt, tuition fees or universities.
Linda Jack writes: Public services – open for whom?
Isn’t Julian Huppert co-chair of backbench Transport committee??
Very surprised to see Sarah Wollaston not being mentioned in the text (although credited with “a significant rebellion” in an adjoining table). Her unusual selection in a Tory open selection process, and subsequent independence of mind and expression often against her own party, has marked her out as one of the most si...
In 1970 Mark Hatfield delivered the commencement address at Fuller Theological Seminary, the nation’s premier neo-evangelical seminary. The senator, “a verbal spellbinder,” dark and “too handsome, almost, for his own good,” according to political observers, cut quite a figure.
The senator’s passing reminds us that “liberal Republican” wasn’t always an oxymoron.
I think some outsiders still think American Judaism is divided into Reform, Conservative Orthodox. In recent decades, it has become much more pluralistic, with several additional groups that could be seen as fledgling denominations and many others that are floating somewhere between institutional categories. On the oth...
It may not look like much but there was a good deal of finangling to get everything to fit and work correctly, especially the right analog stick.
Something about the SIXAXIS triggers force my hands into a constant state of almost dropping the controller. There would be a decent market if only Heck would sell this beautiful mod.
Hit the jump to see the process.
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre [BCHC] has signed a collaborative agreement with the Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] to partner in the delivery of radiation therapy for people in Bermuda. BHB will provide CT diagnostic and specialist support for BCHC’s radiation service.
Dr Christopher Fosker, who is a qualified clinical oncologist and specially trained in radiation oncologist, will be jointly employed by both organisations. Dr. Fosker, will oversee the operation of radiation treatment facility which is being located at BCHC’s facility.
“This exciting partnership will enable cancer patients living in Bermuda to receive radiation treatments on island, which means they can stay at home with the support of their family and friends, rather than have to relocate abroad for many weeks at a time,” the BCHC explained.
“Chemotherapy services and oncology consultations will continue to be provided from BHB, as before.
“This collaboration ensures both quality and efficiency, with BHB and BCHC leveraging each other’s strengths and specialities to benefit the island’s residents.
Sorry but offering radiation locally is not comprehensive cancer care. It can be an option if persons choose to have radiation locally but please don’t force the choice down patients throats! I do not have any faith in having my cancer care in the hands of local oncologists. Sorry been there, done that, not impressed, ...
DRAGONS stars Gareth Widdop and Josh Dugan could be back from injury for this week's clash with the Wests Tigers.
Dugan has missed two games with the Dragons because of a fractured cheekbone.
If he gets through Wednesday's Origin game Dugan will front the Tigers at ANZ Stadium on Saturday.
Widdop could return from a knee injury.
Their inclusions will boost a Dragons side that ended a three-game losing streak before the bye with a win over the Warriors.
Jon Karl Grills Hillary: Why Did You Wait 2 Years to Comply with Email Rules?
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took questions from eager reporters on Tuesday about her personal email address, which she used exclusively instead of a government account during her time at the helm of the State Department.
During the question-and-answer portion of the presser, ABC News White House correspondent Jonathan Karl hammered Clinton with a series of questions, including why she waited two years to preserve her emails on government servers, why she has “apparently caught the White House by surprise” by not seeking approval from t...
Clinton said she made an effort to send emails to State.gov accounts in order to ensure that they would be immediately preserved. She said the State Department sent a notice to former Secretaries of State (not just her) asking them to hand over all work-related emails that might be on a personal server. As a result, Cl...
“I took the unprecedented step of saying go ahead and release them and let people see them,” she said.
Clinton went on to say “there is no classified material” on her personal email address — a claim which many have called into question. She also did not answer to whether the controversy will affect her 2016 decision.
Before the press conference, the State Department announced it will release all of Clinton’s work-related emails online following an internal review. You can watch Clinton’s full remarks here.
Since losing Steven Stamkos to a broken leg, the Tampa Bay Lightning are 5-2-2 when Martin St. Louis (above) gets on the scoresheet.
"It was just one of those gut feelings," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said of selecting St. Louis for the shootout. "I’m glad, though, I went to him. It was big for us."
"It’s part of the deal, and it’s what we signed up for," Cooper told the Tampa Tribune. "But we will never use that as any excuse."
Erin Brown can be reached on Twitter @rinkside.
Jaye Jayle are ready to unveil the next chapter of their ongoing tale, with new album 'No Trail And Other Unholy Paths' set to be released shortly.
Envisaged as spread across two sides of vinyl, Side A and Side B interweave, essentially becoming one document, where each path interlocks.
The album was produced by Dean Hurley, David Lynch’s music supervisor of the last twelve years, and will be followed by a full tour.
'No Trail' is a minimalist piece taken from the album, the tumbling torrent of notes effortlessly contained within the undulating structure.
Ethan (Director) takes charge of the visuals, with four different characters representing an aspect of Evan (from Jaye Jayle) - a ritual at the end converges them.
"We filmed across a beach near Dungeness, a flat, almost desert like part of England which houses a gigantic power station. I decided on the location before we fully fleshed out the idea, so there was a lot of inspiration to take from the landscapes. Derek Jarman, an incredible film-maker once lived in a cottage out by...
"There was an entirely different ending to the film originally and I'd imagine around 40% of the footage we actually used in the edit came through improvisation. There was just so many different tangents you could go on shooting in a place like that."
Originally Published: December 3, 2018 7:48 p.m.
Few Americans have lived such a blessed life as George H.W. Bush. He is remembered as a great family man, married to Barbara for 73 years, a World War II hero who flew 58 combat missions which earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, and a Yale University baseball star who played in the first College World Series.
Professionally, Bush was a U.S. Representative, Central Intelligence Agency director, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Vice President under Ronald Reagan and the nation’s 41st president elected in 1988, serving one term.
But despite his impressive resume, during his one White House term, Bush signed immigration legislation that led to decades of American worker displacement that continues today at breakneck speed. Some analysts point to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act as the m...
While those two acts accelerated unsustainable immigration levels, Bush’s signature on the Immigration Act of 1990 further increased immigration, created the diversity lottery, added new employment-based visas and granted work permits to a new migrant category, temporary protected status (TPS) holders, which dealt seve...
Among the new visas created in the 1990 bill was what’s become the most notorious, the H-1B, originally created for specialty occupations, but which has come to dominate in the high tech industry. Also created was the H-2A for agriculture and the H-2B for low-skilled non-ag. During the nearly four decades since Bush si...
While some truly talented have entered, low-skilled, cheap labor workers, including H-1B, H-2A and H-2B, vastly outnumbered them. The abundant presence of low-skilled labor benefits employers who constantly lobby hard to increase visa totals. During the current congressional lame duck session, a GOP congressional group...
In recent years, the federal government has issued record numbers of visas and green cards to low-wage immigrants which places a heavy burden on U.S. workers, taxpayers and community resources. Those who unfairly bear the economic brunt of the steady inflow of work-authorized immigrants are the already present lawful p...
Bush’s legacy has many successes, but he failed on immigration. American workers are still paying the price for Bush’s immigration miscalculation.
Basically: Politico has a juicy piece on how John Boehner scheduled a secret meeting with the White House to figure out a way to retain subsidies for healthcare once members and staffers are forced to purchase insurance on the new exchanges. Meanwhile, Boehner has been publicly pushing a bill to ban the subsidies, beca...
The deal is, members of Congress and their staffs get health insurance, like many Americans, from their employer, which in this case is the government. When the Affordable Care Act was being debated in the Senate, Sen. Chuck Grassley attempted to torpedo the bill by attaching an amendment mandating that members of Cong...
Boehner has to negotiate to reinstate employer contribution in secret because, as I mentioned, the plan to preserve the contributions has been tarred as an "Obamacare exemption" by conservatives. And where did conservatives get that idea? As Wemple says: "What the Politico story doesn’t address, however, is the role th...
Politico practically invented the "Obamacare exemption" story itself, or at least it was the outlet that originally and cannily packaged the news as a scandal, based on an inaccurate Republican framing of the issue. In April 2012, Politico's headline was: "Lawmaker, aides may get Obamacare exemption." That was the piec...
This is a thing that Politico does really well, better than almost any other media outlet. The thing is commonly called "Drudge-bait," but it's actually more complex than that, because it is sort of everyone-bait. What they do is create a "story" of some kind, from one random out-of-context quote or from a source who s...
It is sort of beautiful, right? The newspaper reimagined as a highly efficient German-engineered buzz-creation machine.
There are so many more examples. Some of it is sort of traditional political media stuff, where a reporter starts out with a thesis (probably a thesis crafted by her editor) and sets out to prove it by specifically calling people who might agree with said thesis, and then publishes a story claiming the thesis is some s...
But much of it is a form of speculative pseudo-journalism no one else can match. Like when Politico wrote a sensationalist story about Barack Obama "working systematically to marginalize" conservative groups and then "reported" on a speech Lamar Alexander gave based on the misleading conservative talking point that eme...

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