European Jewish Congress sees rising anti-Semitism in Poland
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The European Jewish Congress has expressed "grave concerns" over what it says is a rise in anti-Semitism in Poland and a "deteriorating relationship between the Polish government and the Jewish community."
The Brussels-based organization says no Polish government minister has met with leaders of the Union of Jewish Communities in Poland, the officially recognized Jewish community, for around a year amid the rise in anti-Semitic incidents.
The group's president, Moshe Kantor, said that "there has been a distinct normalization of anti-Semitism, racism and xenophobia in Poland recently and we hope that the Polish government will stem this hate and act forcefully against it."
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Jewish leaders wrote to ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski in early August with their concerns, but didn't receive an answer or a meeting with him.