Surviving the Holocaust by Hiding Their Faith (REVIEW)
Bunk beds in a barrack at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Photo: wiki commons. “Jews Out!” was just the name of a child’s game that three little girls played in World War II Europe. But all is not as it seems because the three girls were Jewish, but hiding their true identities. In award-winning author R. D. Ro ...
4th Time Unlucky… Again – Silver Medal at IPC European Championships in Swansea
I recently bounced back to medal winning form in Swansea at the IPC European Athletics Championships, taking the Silver Medal in the Men’s F32 Club Throw on Tuesday 19 th August. It was a case of dejavu for me, as just like in the Paralympics at Beijing and in the World Championships at Christchurch ...
The Hebrew Month of Elul: Facts, Tips and Actions
The Month of Preparation On the secular calendar it’s nearly the end of August while on the Hebrew calendar a new month has begun. It’s the month of Elul, the only month that does not feature a holiday, a feast day, a fast day or a memorial. And that’s no coincidence. Our sages understood that we Je ...
Independence Day of Ukraine
On August 24, Ukraine celebrates the national holiday - Independence Day. This date is timed to coincide with the adoption of 24 August 1991 the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR of the Act of Independence of Ukraine. MOSCOW, Aug. 24 - RIA Novosti. Independence Day is celebrated on Sunday 24th of ...
The Excellent Adventures of Mary Bellfield
It was my Great Aunt Mary who taught me basic needlework skills and showed me how to use a sewing machine. My mother would take us round to her house after school to be measured up in her attic work room for our next-size-up school uniform or a new best dress, which would generally be ready to wear ...
Belarus, the next link in the chain...
...And a chain that, from a Russian standpoint, is designed to further strangle Mother Russia. We all know about the Grand Chessboard, we've seen memes about it here recently, etc. Well, it seems that indeed, for one reason or another, there are influential circles in Brussels and Washington who are ...
Fantasy Portraits by Len-Yan
Set of creative fanstasy illustrations by a 30-year-old artist from Poland, Len-Yan. More Images Need hosting? Design You Trust is proudly supported and hosted by WebHostingBuzz Premium Infrastructure & Network.
Water Tower Revitalization by Adam Wiercinski
Tower 2.0 is a new concept that gives a second life to a historic water tower in Wronki, Poland. The author of the project is Adam Wiercinski. See more on weezbo.com Need hosting? Design You Trust is proudly supported and hosted by WebHostingBuzz Premium Infrastructure & Network.
Comment on Zero hour contracts need to be addressed in the new Care Act by GhostofJimMorrison
Zero hours contracts have increased rapidly since 2004 - the year Poland and other eastern European workers joined the EU. Coincidence?
Ukraine: When two Blocks collide
I've always found the flow of history fascinating (abstracted from the names and dates I can't remember). Whether one believes in the cyclicality of history or just the enduring nature of human psychology: there seems to be a regular pattern in which conflicts start. As a completely unaligned observ ...
Greenpoint, Brooklyn: Flavored With a Dash of Poland
Just before she found her dream fixer-upper in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Antoinette Sneed left an open house in tears. Raised in an Italian-American family in Williamsburg, she had all but given up on finding an affordable place in Brooklyn. “We went to one ...
Poland to invest $1.6 billion in shale gas exploration by 2016
Poland will invest about Zloty 5 billion ($1.57 billion) in shale gas exploration by 2016, the country's treasury minister Wlodzimierz Karpinski said Wednesday. "Polish energy security and independence is a government priority," Karpinski told parliament ...
