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This week in power: Holocaust memorial and Poland rebuilt

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January 29, 2015

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

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The BBC sparked a fierce debate this week when they ” target=”_blank”>said Justin Amler at The Jerusalem Post. “As long as students are taught at madrassahs that Jews are the enemy of humankind, extremists will be condemning Islam, a noble faith, to self-inflicted injury for generations to come. To be free, you have to let go of hate. There is no other way,” ” target=”_blank”>pushed for legislation to outlaw antisemitism, and elsewhere Jewish leaders ” target=”_blank”>indicate that Jewish people are moving back slowly. “Poland’s not the Old Country it once was, but a small community of Jews is creating a vibrant new home there. It's only when the carpets begin to wear thin and the stairs round out that you know you've really built something,” ” target=”_blank”>warned The Guardian. There's a long history of pogroms and fights over confiscated property to grapple with, not to mention a communist government that wielded power not so long ago. A new documentary

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