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Article: In the gray mists of Poland, Jews hear whispers of hope
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- Jewish Exponent
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- June 24, 1994
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Doug Chandler
Jewish Exponent
06-24-1994
In the grey mists of Poland Jews hear whispers of hope.
Our first 24 hours in Poland confirmed all the stereo-typed images that Westerners in general, and Jews in particular, have of that country.
Landing in Warsaw, we disembarked on a raw, gray and windy morning, the type best approached with an umbrella and a turned-up collar. Here was the Poland so many Westerners have heard about: grim, somewhat polluted and not terribly inviting.
Within hours of landing, we - eight journalists representing Jewish publications in the United States - found ourselves at Warsaw's Menorah restaurant, the only kosher eatery in a nation that once had many. Launched three ...