{"id":75349,"date":"2019-12-25T17:05:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T15:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=75349"},"modified":"2019-12-25T11:40:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T09:40:34","slug":"03-05-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=75349","title":{"rendered":"Polish Catholic Church Removal of Antisemitic Images From Retail Outlets"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Polish Catholic Church Urged by US Jewish Leader to Back Removal of Antisemitic Images From Retail Outlets<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Ben Cohen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Retail giant OBI announced the removal from its Polish stores of a product range that promotes the antisemitic trope linking Jews with money. Photo: Tomasz Sikora Facebook page.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The decision by Europe\u2019s largest home-improvements retailer to nix a range of home decorations that played on antisemitic stereotypes\u00a0from sale in its Polish outlets<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was a significant development that should be welcomed and endorsed by the country\u2019s powerful Catholic Church, a prominent US Jewish leader said this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a lengthy\u00a0interview<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0with Poland\u2019s\u00a0Catholic News Agency<\/em>, Abraham Foxman \u2014 the national director emeritus of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) \u2014 warmly welcomed the announcement made earlier this month by the German-owned retail giant OBI that it would no longer sell the offending decorations, following an online protest over the sale of framed pictures showing Orthodox Jews counting gold coins.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf a large retailer that is hugely popular among Poles removes these articles from its stores, it raises the expectation that the other retail chains in Poland where these filthy anti-Jewish products are sold will follow OBI\u2019s example,\u201d Foxman said.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, Foxman encouraged the Catholic Church to show moral leadership by condemning the antisemitic statues and portraits of Jews counting money that are widely sold in Poland as good-luck charms.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to appeal with all my heart to the Primate of Poland, Archbishop Wojciech Polak, to urge Polish bishops and priests to stand up to this phenomenon,\u201d Foxman said. \u201cThis is an old antisemitic stereotype that has resulted in the murder of Jews down the centuries.\u00a0Let us stand in solidarity against this form of antisemitism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The arrival of the Hanukkah and Christmas holidays this week marked a good opportunity to communicate that message, Foxman added.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a separate conversation with\u00a0The Algemeiner<\/em>\u00a0on Tuesday, Foxman said that the commercial importance of OBI\u2019s decision had to be matched with the moral leadership of the Catholic Church.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Church can play a very positive role,\u201d Foxman said. \u201cTo say that this is a religious and moral wrong, I think that would go a long way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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