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Polish Judas ritual ‘anti-Semitic’ – Jewish congress
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has voiced outrage over a Polish town’s ritual beating of a Judas effigy which looks like a caricature Orthodox Jew.
- BBC
The Good Friday ritual in Pruchnik, south-eastern Poland, was filmed and posted by a Polish news website.
“Jews are deeply disturbed by this ghastly revival of medieval anti-Semitism that led to unimaginable violence and suffering,” the WJC said.
More than three million Polish Jews were murdered during World War Two.
In total, Nazi Germany murdered about…