Jewish congress condemns revival of folk tradition in Poland as anti-Semitic


  • World
  • Monday, 22 Apr 2019

WARSAW (Reuters) - The World Jewish Congress has condemned as anti-Semitic the revival of a folk tradition of burning an effigy of Judas in the Polish town of Pruchnik.

A video published by local website expressjaroslawski.pl showed several dozen locals watching on as an effigy of the disciple Judas was beaten and burned.

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