Polish folk revival flayed
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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 Jesus鈥 disciple Judas was beaten and burned.
The tradition, first reported in the 18th century, was revived on the Christian holiday of Good Friday in the southeastern town of Pruchnik after several years, expressjaroslawski.pl said. In the past, the Catholic church has banned the practice over the aggression involved.
鈥淛ews are deeply disturbed by this ghastly revival of medieval anti-Semitism that led to unimaginable violence and suffering,鈥 Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer said in a statement on its website on Sunday.
More than 3 million of a population of 3.2 million Jews were murdered by Nazis in the Holocaust. Many Poles refuse to accept research showing thousands of their countrymen participated in the Holocaust in addition to thousands of others who risked their lives to help Jews.
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