Advice for JEWS coming to POLAND!

Advice for JEWS coming to POLAND!
In this video I share some advice for Jews (but not only) who are coming to (or thinking of) to Poland and why Jews should seek out positive experiences while their in Poland, and not just focus on the Holocaust.
My name is Michael, and I'm a Jew from Canada, now living in Poland. This is a channel where I speak about my experiences in Poland and about what it's like being a foreign Jew living here.
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[@lerubenfeld]

What I THOUGHT Poland was like BEFORE moving here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHappmh5g5KMftksi=tvNZQvMht_OGzTMa

[@nemesis8131]

Just remember that *WWII* is a big stigma for Poles too. Not just Jews.

[@agnieszkaolszewska6079]

They don't care.

[@WintergardenPL]

​@@agnieszkaolszewska6079that's not true actually. Most Jews living in Israel are just not educated about wwII impact on other nations enough. When showed they actually are very interested.

[@agnieszkaolszewska6079]

@@WintergardenPL Well..They used to live here for centuries. It did not end up well. To be honest..where did it?

[@hadeseye2297]

@@agnieszkaolszewska6079 People never learn. They want to believe in fairy tales. And with recent event here in Gaza videos like this make want other Jews to follow same path, and move to Poland. And it will end up exactly same way. Polish people have Easter European mentality. Their self awareness and self preservation instinct is strong. That's why they don't have muslim terrorists rampaging all over their country. Same with Israel, which is more radical, but that's how you build a strong nation. Some of your sisters and brothers just want to be seen as kind, good and tolerant, when in reality they are pro destabilisation of your country. Keep being homogeneous. That's the only way to survive another partitions of Poland if they will come. Foreigners won't do it for you. They have their own cultures and people.

[@WintergardenPL]

@@agnieszkaolszewska6079 Polska jako kraj była bogatsza gdy mieszkali z nami Żydzi. Pochodzę z Lublina i jest tu mnóstwo śladów tych ludzi. Podobnie we Włodawie. Po tym co się stało podczas II Wojny Światowej i później pozostała ogromna wyrwa i to widać. Brakuje nam tej różnorodności jako narodowi ponieważ Żydzi (i nie tylko) stanowili integralną część Rzeczypospolitej.

[@VoidCosmonaut]

Realize one thing. Before WWII there were plenty of Jews in Poland because Poland had nothing against them while Western countries like France, Germany, Holland were exiling them. Many of them found shelter in Poland wich in that time was very multicultural (Belarusians, Silesians, Germans, Latvians, Lithuinians, Ukrainians all lived here). The proof of that is the fact that the highest number of Jews were murdered by Gemans in Poland. 3 million (and 3 million other Poles). Now the reason Poland is now basically (was before RuZZia attacking Ukraine) homogenic is Yalta where Stalin and The West decided to expell Germans from lands Poland got in the west and Belarusians, Ukrainians from the eastern lands lost to USSR relocated deep into USSR. Because of that in Poland most of people that left in were ethnic Poles. Just learn history and think about the reason there was so many Jews in Poland before WWII. Now those western countries call Poland racist and antisemitic... Sadly Israeli follow that path...

[@sochaoracza1506]

I think Israel is leading the narration and others are following the path. Shall we really care what some idiots are thinking of us?

[@slawomirhering3770]

Fix you General knowladge about the numbers Polish population. You use generały promoted lies about National Registry Polish population. It was Poland attacked by two Nation and Ukarine in 1943 not Isreal invaded.

[@CzerwonyTub]

​@@slawomirhering3770retranslate plz

[@bjorntrollgesicht1144]

Polish born and raised! In my native hometown there are still two houses left from the original wartime ghetto. We used to have many synagogues and an entire Jewish quarter- about half of the inhabitants were Jews. That story had sadly ended in Treblinka which is very near, but even today a lot of places remain if you know where to look. There are remains of a kirkut, a prayer house, some mezuzy still left in door frames...

[@lerubenfeld]

Which town?

[@bjorntrollgesicht1144]

@@lerubenfeld Siedlce. Or Szedlic in Yiddish. A sleepy town east of Warsaw.

[@mateuszwesoowski9583]

Btw are you aware of the Sabaton song about the Pole who willing went to Aushwitz to gather materials to prove what happened there to the Allies? He's name was Witold Pilecki, he has a heroic and sad story. The song is: Sabaton - Inmate 4859 (PL, EN Lyrics).

[@lomejordepolonia]

Dear Michael Rubenfeld you present most comprehensive and balanced vision of Polish history and contemporary life - I'm your great fan!

[@lerubenfeld]

I’m glad!!😃

[@slawomirhering3770]

Nie chcemy powrotu po co? Skoro wy żyjecie w klamstwi winicie Polaków za krzywdę zamiast Niemców. Naprawcie historie i zakończcie wojnę z Palestyna.

[@donbabilio8298]

​@@lerubenfeldwith all respect you. You are a great person a modern person like anybody. But tell me should we in Poland welcome the orthodox Jews who wear the black coats They are racists and intolerant toward Christians and others. Even in israel these people cause trouble with their behaviour

[@simonkruk5084]

Podoba mi sie to co robisz ,jestes wesolym czlowiekiem z pozytywna energia i odrobina szalenstwa🙃

[@lerubenfeld]

😆

[@tomaszstramel3594]

I'd also say, don't go around proclaiming your Jewishness at every turn, in every sentence. People generally don't care who others are, but if you go overboard in making a point out of your identity, they might start to think you're on some kind of crazy mission and might be put off rather than attracted. As for Jewish cemeteries, make sure you visit Lodz. And be prepared to see Stars of David incorporated into the local football teams' acronyms sprayed on building walls as well. It's an incorrigible tribal thing ,a twisted vestigial acknowledgment of the historical tragedies these lands are steeped in, of which the horrors of WW2 are but one.

[@januszlepionko]

Cracovia hooligans call themselves “Jude Gang”.

[@bartwasinski5647]

Positive video. Bardzo dobry przekaz 😊

[@katarzynaherman4814]

Snicky one

[@adambowak8135]

nie knuj@@katarzynaherman4814

[@janwojtyna3392]

My man I discovered your channel not that long ago and subscribed immediately after watching the first two episodes on Polish Jewish relations. I have to say I admire your approach and wisdom. You sir should be a rabbi... Living in the US working among Jewish people I had my own spectrum of experience. Starting from people openly hostile asking me if Poles are done killing all their Jews already (a hole inside made me answer, well kind of Germans did it for us) to being welcome like a lost relative (nice old Jewish lady from Łódź that had Jewish bakery in LA). I believe the relations between Poles and Jews need to normalize and get separated from our personal views of politics and country leadership. Our cultures existed and evolved side by side influencing one another and neither one is full without the other. Thank you Sir. I hope one day when I visit my home time of Kraków I may be able to meet you. You seem like a great person to have a chat with .

[@lerubenfeld]

"Rabbi Rubenfeld" -- has a nice ring to it 🙂

[@kovanecky]

Many Poles express skepticism about the beliefs and actions of Jews, but this is not anti-Semitism because Poles are not chauvinists.

[@Esterhazy1973]

Raised in Lublin which used to have a massive jewish community before the war. You have contributed to what polish culture is today. Good to see you back.

[@jankowalski3220]

Before the war, Cracovia was a more intelligentsia club (apart from the fact that it had assimilated Jews among its founders - Józef Lustgarten), an academic club, and it was more willing to accept players from the two cracovian jewish football clubs that were fighting their "holy wars" before the derby of Cracovia and Wisła clubs began to be called that - Makkabi Kraków (favored by Zionists) and Jutrzenka Kraków (favorite of Bund supporters).

[@DogDogGodFog]

The backstory for the football club thing is actually slightly wholesome: Basically, back in the interwar period, just as now, there were two big football clubs in Krakow: Cracovia, and Wisła Kraków. And during the interwar period, Cracovia was tolerant of Jews and opely accepted them into their club, while for Wisła Kraków that was not the case. As such, WK and its fans started associating Cracovia and its fans with Jews, to an overexaggerated degree. Cracovia was accused of being a Jewish club, especially by antisemites - just for accepting Jews. Even after the Holocaust and communism, these labels and associations still stuck around - Wisła Kraków fans still associate Cracovia with Jews, and use the term 'Jew' to insult them and their fans. Some Cracovia fans have mocked and embraced this label by calling themselves "Jude Gang", and using Jewish symbols and terminology to represent themselves. This has stuck so strongly to the point where 'Jew' and 'Jews' have become standardized nicknames for the players and fans of Cracovia. They are literally called and referred to as "Jews", no matter how nonsensical that might seem from a modern outsider's perspective.

[@dorotabarbowska2184]

I wonder why you introduce yourself as a Jew from North America. If you have lived here for a couple of years now, if you have Polish citizenship, if you even vote here, I would assume that you are a Pole of Jewish origin or a Polish Jew. On the one hand you say Poland is your country, on the other hand you don't identify yourself as a Pole. So? It sounds confusing to me when you invite other Jews here focusing only on the Jewish side of culture here... I would appreciate some encouragement directed to the Jews to interact with Poles and our culture, not limit their stay here to visiting JJC, Jewish cemeteries and festivals. A number of Poles cherish Jewish culture , but would be happy if the Jews also noticed our landscape, art, cuisine, history , hospitality etc. just as more and more foreigners coming here do. There are many YT channels now run by immigrants from various countries highlighting how underrated our country is and how unfair the unfavorable stereotypes they might have heard are .

[@frankgradus9474]

A good point.

[@imc5775]

People without nationality nor a homeland - dispersed tribe

[@PaulCss-h6b]

If you're kind, empathetic, sensitive you're welcome to Poland regardless of your identity. What I like about Poland is that we've been taught we should care about everyone, we are really good people who have suffered a lot. Jewish and polish culture are interchangeable in many aspects. I miss Szewach Weiss.

[@apoleq]

Hi Michael, you talk about Jewish cemeteries being an important experience for a Jew, but have you been to a Jewish cemetery in the woods in Karczew? It is about 30km from the centre of Warsaw. On this cemetery most of the gravestones are more or less destroyed. I once met a man there who told me that he had been looking for his family's grave for years (I think it was his parents) and he found them in this forest cemetery.

[@lerubenfeld]

I have not. But I know there are many destroyed Jewish cemeteries in Poland.

[@sylwiatime]

In theory, a community should take care of their cemeteries, otherwise they'll decay with time. But the Jewish community in Poland is so small today and the number of cemeteries all over Poland is so huge that they're unable to take care of all of them.

[@annaaleksandra5118]

​​@@lerubenfeldEven in my hometown. Why the Jews don't want to cultivate the memory about so many ages of our symbiosis?

[@VulgarTruth]

Good content. Cheers from Szczecin!

[@roberturbanczyk204]

By the way, have you ever been to Cracovia Kraków? This clubs hooligans has nick name ,,Jude Gang" becouse before ww2 Cracovia took plenty of Jewish players into their team and was always tolerant towards jews no matter of consequences. They also call themselves ,,the choosen nation". The photo you showed is a part of local war between Cracovia and Wisła.

[@slawomirhering3770]

NIE chcemy was z powrotem w Polsce dlaczego? Skor macie kłamstwa o nas w waszej histori i walczycie z Palestyna.

[@slawomirhering3770]

Yeah by the way ,remember they twist our suffer 11 milions dead in thier disapear only internationaly. By the way remember the attac Germany and Russia happed on Polish millions in Poland no in Isreal. By the way remember they twisted what Germans have done to all of us and made their education blame Polish people. You are fighting war with Palestine for 8 decades like no other Nation. Why do you think we want you here? Why ? What would be the reason for you to promoting Poland for Jewish again? Its a "Chosen Nation" without own land it ls is the flag symbosl comunicate enough informasjon for human race. Its to triangle imbedet together two standars.

[@_KULFON_]

2:00 There is a many, many jewish cementaries in Poland, even in small towns and villages. They could be found everewhere - in any region of Poland. Many of them are taken care of by local authorities, some are forgotten.

[@mwiniarc]

Teskniłem za takim Żydem jak Ty! 🇵🇱♥️🇮🇱 Super się tego słucha. To dzwoni gdzieś w sercu, czasem głęboko, ale w każdym polskim sercu. Chałka, śledź, maca! - całe moje życie. Serdeczne pozdrowienia!

[@frankgradus9474]

My sentiments exactly! And there are legions of us.

[@jolantakanabrodzka709]

Lichwa weksle

[@bettingvision538]

2:22 Patrząc ogólnie to cały okres wojny i 6 lat, ale totalny horror masowej zagłady to głównie lata 42-44. Kiedyś słyszałem żydowskiego historyka, którego nazwiska nie pamiętam, że przez pierwsze dwa lata wojny 80-90% ofiar stanowili Polacy. Informacja do sprawdzenia jeśli kogoś to bardzo interesuje.

[@rabomarc]

3:50 it actually goes both ways. Sometimes in Krakow you'll see graffiti on the walls saying JUDE GANG. It doesn't mean there are actual Jewish gangs in the city marking their territory, it's supporters of that one football club that is mentioned in this video.

[@TrueIsrael3220]

Michael, I really appreciate you being such a good ambassador for Poland 🇵🇱 and for clearing some of those stereotypes for Jews. Extremely important! I'm Polish, so your work is near and dear to me. Shalom!

[@BlazejMarczak]

Jewish cemetery in Łódź is a very special place too. I highly recommend this place for spiritual and historical reflection or just simply to admire the artistry and craftsmanship of stonemasons and sculptors from the past.

[@teresaz1692]

Po tej wojnie nikt nie będzie was nigdzie serdecznie witał, bo nikt nie chce powtórzyć losów Palestyńczyków!!! Polacy już pewnie wyciągnęli z tego wnioski!!!

[@imc5775]

Musze zająć się swoim krajem i zrobić tam porządek a nie uciekać do innych

[@imcbocian]

Chłopie uspokój się. Nie mieszaj idiotycznej Izraelskiej polityki i Żydów. Jest sporo takich nawet w Izraelu ktorzy z tą polityką się nie zgadzają. I jeszcze więcej poza Izraelem. W Polsce kimś takim był Marek Edelman

[@imc5775]

@@imcbocian Tu trzeba by precyzyjnie zdefiniować kto jest Żydem a kto Izraelczykiem. Jak do tej pory te pojęcia są definiowane i używane jak im wygodniej

[@imcbocian]

@imc5775 Z tego co wiem to nawet w Izraelu trzymają się w tej kwestii wykładni religijnej (mimo że państwo niby świeckie). Zgodnie z nimi np dzieci Zelenskiego nie są już Żydami, mają co najwyżej prawo do obywatelstwa w Izraelu 🙃

[@tei187]

I love the way you are editing your clips. All about the content and a bit of humour. A short explanation about the football teams: Cracovia's team hooligan group is called "the Jude Gang". Opposing Wisla's team supporters (the Sharks) hence use antisemitic content against the said group.

[@lerubenfeld]

Thanks for that!

[@Dreju78]

Very well said about the gap in our common conciousness! Very much true for Jews as well, I'd think?

[@teresaz1692]

Jaka "luka w świadomości"?! Żydzi specjalnie zmieniają i kłamliwie przedstawiają historię, żeby obarczyć innych niewinnych za swą niedolę I tak na przykład mówią o niemieckich obozach zagłady, że to są "polskie obozy koncentracyjne"!!! To jest z ich strony nieczciwe, bo to, że obozy były zlokalizowane w Polsce w Oświęcimiu, nie oznacz, że były polskie!!! To jest ochydna manipulacja i jest jeszcze takich więcej, jak np domaganie się zwrotu mienia bezspadkowego po Żydach, które według prawa polskiego przechodzi na skarb państwa niezależnie od pochodzenia obywatela!!!

[@tkk0o]

The whole issue of Kraków football fans 'appropriating' Jewishness in both affirmative/negative sense seems to bear resemblance to Tottenham Hotspur case, discussed not long ago in the UK by David Baddiel. As a Pole, I find it cringe and past its sell-by date even if done without a harmful intention. But I do like your more nuanced view on this. I remember a certain childhood experience - coming across dozens and dozens of Jewish tombstones, resting one on top of another in the middle of a forest, in the middle of nowhere.

[@DogDogGodFog]

It happened because originally, in the interwar period, Cracovia was a club that accepted Jews, while Wisla Kraków did not. As such, Cracovia became associated with Jews, and WK fans often used it as an insult against them.

[@annnovak3509]

Thank you :) I hope that Jewish people will understand that for us Polish is very obvious that Jews were a huge part of Polish identity. They were helping to build our cities, economy and history. And the extreme poverty in Poland before WW2 as we were trying to build the army,economy,infrastructure….we were a young and weak country easy to invade.

[@karins2200]

Michael Rubenfeld, I can't get enough of Krakow and I am not even Jewish.

[@jandzban1314]

Możecie do nas przyjechać, tylko nie zapomnijcie wyjeżdżać. Nie mam nic do was, ale jak jesteście daleko to czuję się bezpieczniej.Shalom!

[@Malcriada115]

Durny troll.

[@teresaz1692]

​@@Malcriada115 Dlaczego durny i troll?! Ja go popieram, bo w Palestynie też miało być pokojowo. Żydzi są niereformowalni i nie życzę sobie napływu ludzi obcych kulturowo, bo to z czasem staje się zagrożeniem a ja chcę żyć w spokoju!!! To dotyczy wszystkich przybyszy w nadmiarze!!!

[@Helicopter-zn9ov]

​@@teresaz1692 Bardzo dobrze napisane! 🤍❤️ Brawo Ty! 🌼🌷

[@Malcriada115]

@@teresaz1692 Z twojego wpisu wynika, że nie masz pojęcia, o czym mówisz. I w tym sensie jesteś mi dalsza kulturowo niż Michael.

[@teresaz1692]

@@Malcriada115 A Ty masz pojęcie, odpisując zwykłemu Polakowi, który myśli jak większość z nas, że jest trollem?! Akurat mam pojęcie o czym piszę a Ty może uzasadnisz swoją bliskość kulturową z Żydami, bo ja jej nie widzę?!

[@Gagatek-wo6go]

szczerze opowiadasz ,robisz dobrą robotę

[@elzbietakaczynska4403]

Bardzo cieszę się że jesteście i czujecie się tutaj dobrze. Wszystkiego najlepszego dla Ciebie i całej Twojej rodziny.

[@lerubenfeld]

Dziękuję serdecznie.

[@tomaszsurdej8294]

Cemeteries! You're definitely Polish. My cousins from London, Ontario, were shocked when they came to our village, the first thing I did was to take them to cemetery. I've definitely polonised since I moved from Detroit in 2007. I just remember American Evangelicals screaming at us in the USA "Cat-lick idolators, you worship demons with your churches and cemeteries, God doesn't need a house to be glorified. This is unbiblical. Testify and accept Jesus as your personal saviour, believe in the Bible" Then they say "America stands united with Israel. The Jews are God's chosen people"... Oh wait, look at Jewish synagogues and cemeteries in Poland, the Jews have paintings and gold utensils in their synagogues just like Cat-licks... God, I just love when the American Evangelicals see the Jewish synagogues here and their reactions- "I thought they were people of the Word, but gasp they're pagans, just like them Cat-licks". Okay enough of the rants.

[@dorotabarbowska2184]

A good one 😆👍

[@imcbocian]

Wtf are cat-licks?😮

[@tomaszsurdej8294]

@@imcbocian Po polsku, katolicy. Gorsze było jak nazywali Polaków papistami. Teraz słyszę, że w USA uważają to za postać rasizmu.

[@imcbocian]

@@tomaszsurdej8294 teraz widzę podobieństwo fonetyczne 😆 dobre

[@mistep444]

Great clip! What's worth mentioning is that Chelsea London have the nick "Jews" as well... There is also a football/soccer club in Łódź, Poland that is being nicknamed similarily. Dzięki za wszystko, co tu robisz!

[@lomejordepolonia]

My guess is that these soccer teams owe their nickname "Jews" to the fact that they were Jewish in the prewar Poland.

[@sylwiatime]

@@lomejordepolonia Actually those were those that accepted everyone. There were 3 kinds of clubs. Those that accepted Poles only, those that accepted Jews only (and usually are now still active in Israel), and those, like Cracovia, that accepted everyone irrelevantly of their ethnicity.

[@lifeisgameplayit]

there are 2 big football clubs in Łódź RTS and ŁKS(Jewish) , thus the entire city blocks are turned state of the art low quality graffiti .

[@slawomirhering3770]

My nie jesteśmy Antysemitami nie chcemy żebyś Promował Polskę w śród Żydów. Po co skoro macie kłamstwa w waszej histori o Polsce. Ponadto prowadzicie wojnę z Palestyna nie na swojej ziemi.

[@lifeisgameplayit]

@@slawomirhering3770 A ja mu daje zezwolenie . Izrael to lud który liczy 3000 historię , teoretycznie to Palestyńczycy nie są na swojej ziemi .

[@dariuszpasinski527]

I hope that your channel will be recognizable to Jews from all over the world :)

[@lerubenfeld]

Me too! So far it seems most attractive to Poles :) I hope Jews find it eventually.

[@uriallon]

I from Israel and I watch it😊

[@romantrojanowski7782]

@@lerubenfeld "So far it seems most attractive to Poles" Sure because nearly all Polish Jews were killed. Other Jews (from Russia, Germany) are mostly hostile to Poles because of history.

[@slawomirhering3770]

I hope Poland will learn "Chosen Nation" countrie without a land. And two triangle imbeded together what it means possible. And the histroy that has been in Jewish people education for decades will be told us it was in Isreal with Germany occupied and distroy Poland.

[@Oshowski]

@@uriallongreetings from Poland glad we are learning together.

[@ireneusz6261]

Good job Michael

[@bozenab1218]

I agree, Jewish cemeteries are amazing. I discovered one after I left Poland. When I visited my parents, I visited Jewish cemetery in Wroclaw, which is now turned into museum. Absolutely stunning.

[@mariaolszowska3935]

Only discovered you yesterday but I'm already a big fan. We need more people like you, building bridges. Keep it up!❤

[@paulie_one_eye]

LMAO every time I watch your content. GJ

[@trojnara]

This perfectly explains how I, as a Pole living in Warsaw, feel about it. Of course xenophobic Poles also exist, but show me a single county free from xenophobia.

[@sawomirmarnotrawny1694]

ur polish is quite impessive. poważnie z akcentem ale zrozumiały i płynny. piekna robota.

[@jandzban1314]

Najwięcej antysemitów to w izraelu. Palestyńczycy są ludem semickim.

[@Jasmine_breeze]

We also have a large museum of Polish Jews (Polin) The festival organizers want to restore what was, so they go back to the good old days. It's nostalgic because we miss you. So if someone wants to feel the atmosphere of the 19th and 20th centuries, they can literally travel back in time. Shawls and goose pipes - may be a surprise for modern Jews. Before the Nazis, there were many people of Jewish origin living in Poland and they were simply part of Polish society. For Poles they were Poles. The only difference was religion. Now they are gone. This murderer stole our people! And, in addition, this horrible guy gives Poland, which has been safe for centuries, a negative connotation. We need to write a new story to bring back the joy. PS. My friend is a fan of Cracovia, a football club whose members are called Jews. He said that it was a reason because they used to have Jewish players. They are mostly Poles, but they have a song like: they call us Jews, no one is ashamed of it, because it is our club's beautiful history etc.

[@MrSankullo]

Regarding the football (soccer) reference and the crossed out Stars of David. I am a fan of the club that whose fans draw these and I find it stupid. Like Michael said it has nothing with actual Jews and as confusing it may be it has nothing to do with antisemitism. In fact we had several Jewish players playing for the club in recent years and these guys were fans’ favorites and loved by all. They have since left the club but are still dearly missed and appreciated.

[@andrewzych3325]

Is Jewish coming to Poland has something to do with the act 447- an open hostile outrageous act of economic aggression.

[@sebastianlubrecht]

Are you serious ? Or just a simple troll muddying the waters !

[@andrewzych3325]

447 was a joke by USA Senat ?

[@teresaz1692]

​@@sebastianlubrechtSkończ ludzi mówiących prawdę wyzywać od trolli!!!

[@sebastianlubrecht]

@@teresaz1692 no to pokarz mi jeden act prawny w Polsce opierający się o tą rezolucję ?!

[@teresaz1692]

@@sebastianlubrecht Rząd po cichu spłaca, albo zwraca bezspadkowe mienie i my nawet o tym się nie dowiemy!!! Tak jak to jest z emeryturami dla Żydòw i Ukraińców, przyznawaniem obywatelstwa i innych świadczeń!!!

[@krzysztofsafin7505]

Michael this movie is great :D thank you. :)

[@katarzynaginda1817]

The most beautiful Jewish cemeteries I've ever seen , is that one in Wrocław - magic place, beyond the time

[@lerubenfeld]

I must visit.

[@pawetraczeurobarista8802]

Fantastyczny, optymistyczny dla Nas Polaków film. Sam nie potrafiłem nazwać tego co robię, a chyba rzeczywiście odczuwam pustkę,, mam lukę w tożsamości społecznej, bo nie ma w obecnej Polsce sfery żydowskiej kultury i języka, która przez wieki była nieodzowną częścią ogólnej kultury w Rzeczypospolitej. i tą lukę odczuwam. Cieszę się że takich ludzi jak Ja jest w Naszym kraju więcej, dla których kultura żydowska jest ważna i że nie jestem odmieńcem ;-) Pozdrawiam serdecznie

[@tomaszser470]

a nie tęsknisz czasem do prawa szariatu. Żeby były w Polsce getta muzułmańskie? Zydzi siedzieli u nas kilkaset lat, mają swoje państwo, - niech se tam siedzą obok swoich kuzynów semitów z arabii a nam dadzą święty spokój. Wystarczy żydowskiej niewdzięczności za kilkaset lat gościny oraz ich opluwanie nas po świecie.

[@mark-howgh]

Nie masz za czym tęsknić. Większość społeczności żydowskiej izolowała się od Polaków i żyli w swoim, jakże odmiennym od polskiego świecie, w świecie swojej religii, swoich obyczajów i mentalności, gdzie nie było miejsca na nasze odczucia w stosunku do ojczystego kraju. Dzisiaj taka granica przebiega przez Izrael między Żydami i Palestyńczykami.

[@pawetraczeurobarista8802]

@@mark-howgh Z tego co wiem wśród Polaków wielu było żydowskiego pochodzenia a bez nich polska literatura choćby w XX wieku byłaby uboższa, no. Tuwim, Brzechwa. Poza tym nawet jeśli się izolowali, to jednak współtworzyli wielokulturowość Rzeczypospolitej przed II wojną światową. Tak samo interesuje mnie życie Bojków, Hucułów w Bieszczadach, Tatarów na Podlasiu itp.

[@wiesawamaga1287]

@@pawetraczeurobarista8802 Proszę poczytać Ariela Toaffa, Krwawe Paschy, Polska w cieniu żydostwa. Wielcy Polacy o żydach, Jacka Międlara.

[@boguaawarabiej7680]

​@@mark-howghDokładnie i nie tylko mieli odmienną kulturę,religię ale nie uczyli się języka polskiego była tu nacja obca dla słowian która potrafiła tę dobroć i naiwność Polaków perfidnie wykorzystywać.......

[@ewelinahelenakulas1287]

My grandma told me jews were a stable part of society before the war.and that She was very sad when they begun to „remove“ them.Poles and jews were living Peacefully together and she Said they had the Best shops.they were the Best hairdresser, hat maker,clothes sewer etc….thanks for bringing us closer together again.

[@powerzx]

It is important to know the real history, but people should stop living "the past". It is also important to know that guilt for events from the past shouldn't be passed to people who have nothing to do with such events. Sins of the parents aren't inherited by their children. Just to be clear I mean both Jews and Poles, because during over 800 years of their history in Poland there were good and bad events.

[@sSomeawesomeneSs]

you might wanna do flash warning at start for people who could get seizures from schizophrenia

[@MrAwg77]

In Poland among some people not only members of the opposing club but also members of the other political party are supposed to be Jews. I once had a talk with a right wing hooligan and he told me: "I have nothing against those official Jews - those that go around in those jewish cloths and go to the synagogue. I respect them. Who I hate are those Jews in our parliament and government that arepretending to be Poles". Concluding, in Krakow it would be difficult for those fans not to come acros a real Jew once in a while, but they don't realy care. They hate the "Jews" from the opposite football team. That is why there are no attacks on Jews (real ones :) in Poland.

[@Themrlol2]

LOL

[@hadeseye2297]

Why are you lying? I was a part of such attack. We are simply not welcomed in Poland. Just as we don't welcome Palestinians in Israel.

[@mark-howgh]

They say that the Polish Parliament debates in Polish because the members cannot agree whether the debates should be held in Yiddish or Hebrew.

[@marek800m]

US Poles are somewhat reserved and we may not appear too nice outwardly, but in general we just like to leave everyone around us be. We don't like to be bothered by anyone and we don't like to bothered anyone on the street. Pretty much everyone just minds their own business. On closer contact, you'll find some people who are very nice and helpful, most just indifferent, and there will be a minority of unpleasant people as well, like in any country, but nothing in the scale of todays's France or Germany where Jews increasingly fear being Jews in public. Who knows, maybe we will be the safe haven for Jews we once were.

[@mark-howgh]

Maybe we shouldn't go too far with these invitations to come back. In the holy memory of my mother, who came from a half-Jewish town, she often recalled the words she had heard from her Jewish neighbors: Wasze ulice, nasze kamiennice.

[@marek800m]

@@mark-howgh of course I know that phrase, I am not saying there weren't problems but still, better to have a Jew as a friend than enemy, plus it's now getting pretty dangerous to be Jewish in the world, and I would like my country to be this safe place to be for them we once were, they are a part of our history and identity. With Jews on our side I thik we could benefit in the long run, and we have much more in common than many on both sides think.

[@piotrratynski3320]

Bravo well said Poland is not just about holocaust history

[@pawelis439]

Yes, Cracow football hooligans is completely other universe. Wisła and Cracovia. It probably dates to pre-war times when Cracovia allowed any nationality to play in the club, including Jews.

[@annaaleksandra5118]

For me is very sad to hear when some people making the interviews with Jews in Israel and asking about Poland. The Jews in Israel have very bad connotations about Poland. I have the feeling that they are blaming Poland for everything but bot Nazi Germany. Poland were in the middle of that war. For hiding the Jews you and your family were killed. There are many signs and many memorial places after jews all over the Poland. Our kitchen in mnay points is similar. I miss this times when jews were in Poland. You have to know that instead of Auswitz (there were presoned millions of polish people too) you have to visit and feel the spirit of the Jews in Kraków, Warsaw, Lublin, Białystok. You are a beautiful part of our history through the ages.

[@leszekleszek773]

3:36 - this is an anti-KS Cracovia symbol. We, the community of KS Cracovia fans, call ourselves "the Jews", each match at Cracovia Stadion ends with the words "see you next time on the promised land" (do zobaczenia na kolejnym spotkaniu na Ziemi Obiecanej). I think that fans of TS Wisła started to call us Jews becase many of our fans and sponsors were Jews before the war, while the Wisła club was considered a police and a state club, not a people club like ours. This has nothing to do with the antisemitism or, for sure, not as much as one could think.

[@leszekleszek773]

pardon, I wrote it before hearing what you had to say... :D

[@walterg6953]

800 years in Poland Jewish lives I live as Poles in USA met Old jews they family come from Warsaw Łódź Kraków even See on TV special American Television one of Jewish guy Polish Jewish last name he was business man from Florida sky most of them Poland Ukriania Russia old days polish jews with sky and catholic people ski so History larger than most expect ok

[@walterg6953]

Cracovia Polish club Legend said that in the beginning of starting the club was many Jewish involve today they two club hate each use use old ture use symbol of legends don't know if true or not ok

[@jolantakanabrodzka709]

Przestań naganiać Żydów do Polski nasze narody dawno temu wzięły rozwód i nie lubię się za dużo było krzywd po obu stronach

[@Malcriada115]

Love your videos, Michael. I was born after WW II, after a huge chunk of my country's fabric had been ripped away. For me the Jewish presence has always been about the Jewish absence. Sometimes I wish I could travel in time. Greetings from Warsaw.

[@jekubos]

Hello Michael! You mentioned football and I would like to ask you something. I saw that sometimes Polish left-wing journalists are very unhappy about Cracovia fans calling themselves Jude Gang, singing "Star of David is our sign", etc. Is it in Jewish culture offensive when people who are not Jews refers to Jewish symbols? Best regards!

[@lerubenfeld]

Hi, to be honest, yes I think many Jews would find it offensive. It is taking the Jewish religion and important Jewish symbols and using it for another purpose. It would be like non-Christians doing this with the cross. I am personally not religious so I find it more strange than personally very offensive, but I can imagine many who would not like it. Also the image of crossed out stars of david on Polish streets is very unsettling and looks quite bad to visitors.

[@jekubos]

@@lerubenfeld Yeah, crossed Stars of David look very bad, no matter that authors didn't mean the real Jews. Such pointless acts of vandalism should be dealt with. Thank you for your explanation.

[@tomekes6584]

I hope Michael you will have the opportunity to go visit towns like Łańcut, Lesko, Rzeszów where there is a lot of Jewish history there - a lot of synagogues (still in place) and kirkuts - I recall that Lesko's kirkut dates back to XVI / XVII century. But yes, Cracow is the place you will see hasidic Jews on the streets in traditional robes. I didn't know about the football fans symbols - interesting. Your videos are important, it's great you're doing it and they're so concise :)

[@lorenzbroll101]

American Jews - says it all.

[@figofagonagoitis]

Don’t come - best advise

[@gabrielbakalarz5722]

Heavenly Jerusalem in the making ?

[@adambowak8135]

my favorite Jew

[@lerubenfeld]

😊

[@frankgradus9474]

Mine too, as of late ... right after Yeshua.

[@majamajeczka.4111]

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮💩

[@bobbyhenderson8655]

Shalom from Poland to all our Jewish brothers! You are a vital part of our history and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

[@lerubenfeld]

❤️

[@alicjarysart]

Absolutely agree with you

[@mistrzimagorzata6853]

Leżajsk. Poland. Every year in March. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4HHZp1vpduoqJIsi=JphVt4cT2hrx8wvq

[@lerubenfeld]

They go to Leżajsk for the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Elimelech Weissblum - one of the founders of Hasidim. In Judaism, death anniversary are called Yarzheits and are considered very important dates.

[@polishgigachad7097]

The only reason Jews should visit Poland is to thank Poles for providing shelter to Jews who were fleeing from pogroms in Western Europe in the Middle Ages. And if Jews had a bit of honor and dignity, they would apologize for the crimes of their homies committed against Polish national heroes (such as Captain Witold Pilecki and many others) during the Soviet occupation of Poland after World War II.

[@michastepien8326]

Exactly. Bierut, Gomułka and Jaruzelski were Jewish. tell me even more.

[@sylwiatime]

Look how full of yourself you are!

[@michastepien8326]

@@ipodman1910 "We" -- you mean soviets, right? What are doing here?

[@michastepien8326]

@@ipodman1910 Twoi rzekomi przodkowie walczyli o Polskę w której było 10% Żydów. Tak to właśnie wygląda gdy sowiecki troll występujący anonimowo chce zabłysnąć.

[@Malcriada115]

No point responding. This idiot is a well-known troll/hater, who will post his gibberish on random channels - from tennis to... well, now Michael's channel.

[@mikadorek1]

Very true. Thx.

[@kamilziemian995]

At some level it is understandable that Holocaust (which is just terrible name, because it means religious sacrifice, for example of animals) overshadow all history of Jews in Poland. At the same time, I think that any such fixation on one event is just bad for everyone, Jews included. I myself have a feeling these days that if I would disagree with Jew on anything, I will be accused of antisemitism, of forgetting of Holocaust and judged as bad as people in UK, mostly from Middle East background, that arrived at London to scanted "F*** Jews" (I don't know when precisely this happened). It is not a rocket science, to understand that it is not what I want nor what I deserve and doesn't help to have normal relation with people with Jewish background.

[@lerubenfeld]

I think it just depends on the nature of the disagreement.

[@kamilziemian995]

@@lerubenfeld Unfortunately, I feel pressure to agree with Jewish people on everyone or I will be called "antisemitism" and even "neo-nazi". Recently I watched discussion with self proclaimed liberal Jewish woman and secular Zionist and I know that I wouldn't agree with her on everything, since I against many liberal policies. The way she speaks constantly referencing Holocaust and hearted of Jews make me feel that, if I disagree with her liberal policies, I will be counted among persecutors of Jews. I would disagree anywhere, if this mean that I be called antisemitic, so be it. If you polish, American, French or Jewish and has liberal policies that I don't like, I would disagree with you, I don't care about your ethnicity. It is not question about your ethnic background. If you are pole or Jew and you think that everyone who disagree with you is a member of "far-right organization" there is something wrong with you. I know that it is not Jewish thing to behave like that, I meet people that are not Jews and behave exactly the same: you with me or you want bloodshed and civil war. I feel that they spit on my face and then say that I'm evil because I'm not happy with their behavior. This is hard topic, but I hope that I explained it well enough to avoid misunderstanding. If you want to talk more, feel free to ask. I'm now in Cracow, Poland, so if you can and want, we can even meet in person. For me open discussion about such things are important to have.

[@Blyfycyfyfyf]

Welcome to Poland! My friend from Israel also recently has moved to Poland - from Tel Aviv. And he likes it - maybe except the weather :)

[@lerubenfeld]

I’m from Canada so I’m used to it ;)

[@ArekSzawlowski]

❤

[@boskee]

Michael, have you ever been to the Museum of the Polish Jews (Polin) in Warsaw?

[@lerubenfeld]

I have yes. Several times :)

[@sawomirmizerski2245]

Maybe don't come because you'll build a wall here too

[@PaweKabanski]

You sir, overwhelm me with your extrovert outburst. ;-) As we learn in Poland about the Jews, we realise that there is a vital piece of Poland missing. I believe that most people just go about their lives and don’t think about it on daily basis. Still, what You learn about holocaust at school is haunting and almost unbelievable.

[@operatorx444x4]

Don't stay too long

[@MediterraneanHistory]

I think for every real antisemite in Poland there are at least 100 "filosemites", many people are very interested in Jewish culture, some are re-discovering their Jewish roots/ancestors and hope to have better relations with the Jews and Israelis, we share common history of centuries living together in harmony, not just 3 years of Auschwitz.

[@MIMALECKIPL]

Exagerrated number

[@PiotrJaser]

Get to know the new Poland. You will be surprised, because Poland has become truly beautiful.

[@lerubenfeld]

Zgadzam się! :)

[@mistrzimagorzata6853]

YES!YES!YES!

[@solaris2015]

What languages do you speak, Michael?

[@lerubenfeld]

English. Some Polish. A bit of French. A little Hebrew (but not much)

[@sochaoracza1506]

@@lerubenfeld Looks like you have all the qualities to live in Poland. Good luck to you.

[@kamilziemian995]

I always wonder, why anybody want to go to Poland? We can be very rough people to anyone, ourselves included.

[@nemesis8131]

🤣

[@agnieszkaolszewska6079]

Because Poles are naive..

[@teresaz1692]

Bo ma w tym interes!!!

[@mateusz.w.nawrocki]

Jesus! Finally! Finally! Some American guy finally got it! It's all true and we've been thinking it and telling it all along ever since WWII. Sadly, Michael, I don't think Jews in Poland are up for a flourishing future nor am I sure they should. You guys have now finally your own state that requires a lot of love and support to grow and solidify. (Full disclosure: my aunt married an Israeli and half of my family are now Israeli Jews; we visit regularly). We Poles, as You point out with Your soccer team case, are wired to demonize whoever is considered the enemy (due to centuries of foreign invasions). Us now - after Hitler and Stalin - being left 100% single ethnicity, single religion, single accent (yes) seems to defuse it. Peace, man.

[@jacekkoldra6485]

Shabat Shalom ! Gretings from Warsaw ❤

[@SQ5TK]

Popłakałem się niemal.

[@lerubenfeld]

Really? ♥️

[@SQ5TK]

@@lerubenfeld Yeah, really.

[@OksanaWasniewska]

Life has come full circle im happy for you welcome in Poland we hapy to have you:)

[@ewamaria4398]

About jewish culture in Poland: I was literally raised listening to jewish songs and reading jeweis anegdotes. I never met a Jew untill I moved to Wrocław when I was 19 - And even then I only saw them on the streets walking in traditional jewish clothes. And I stil appreciate this music.

[@darek4488]

If you want to find Jews in Poland go to the Polish parliament.

[@zozole7164]

🇵🇱🇵🇱🤜🤛🇵🇱🇵🇱

[@ukaszchylak3057]

Mądre Słowa.

[@beatasupa1149]

Wy byliscie zawsze w gosciach czy to 50 lat czy 200, czy 400 kazdy kraj was przependzal nie mamy nic przeciwko temu zyjcie i budujcie, no niegnebcie narodPolski.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢w 😢😢

[@Malcriada115]

Polish is not your native tongue, is it?

[@adampotocki2679]

Najlepiej by byli na Antarktydzie. Tam miejsca jest dosyć.

[@EA00000]

You make me Laugh 😂 so true

[@lerubenfeld]

I love that the way you spelled it sounds like a cross between laugh and love ❤️

[@solaris2015]

Have nice Sabbath!

[@michalkowalczyk7432]

Szalom, dziękuję że jesteś :) i za Twój kanał.

[@olganesterowicz2112]

Well, I'm a Rush fan from Poland, what can I say?

[@solaris2015]

Vegan breakfast? Is Tora vegan book? Or is it Chabad Style menu?

[@lerubenfeld]

Just vegan/vegetarian ensures its kosher and thus inclusive for everyone.

[@MrMarianoamigo]

yup, amen.