Highlights from this month's print and digital editions:

Newsmark

Citing Polish news portal RMF 24, Ukrainska Pravda has reported Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned the opening of a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, labelling it a provocation and threatening a possible strike against the facility. In response, Warsaw dismissed Moscow’s claims as inadequate.

 

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski praised Joe Biden’s permission for Ukraine to strike into Russia with U.S.-made weapons, following months of talks between Washington and Kyiv. The decision allows Kyiv to use long-range U.S.-made ATACMS missiles to hit Russian territory.

 

In a surprise move, Foreign Minister Sikorski announced he was entering the race to the country’s Presidential Palace next May.  

 

Poland mandated the closure of one of Russia’s consulates and the departure of its personnel due to alleged acts of sabotage and cyberwarfare by Moscow.

 

Investigative journalist Grzegorz Rzeczkowski has received special protection from Poland’s secret service after he reported threats against him over his latest book

Editorial

Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia!

 

Feature

Polish Christmas Memories

 

Book Review

McIntyre Captures Essence of Poles’ Defiance

 

Polka News

Getting Ready to Celebrate National Polka Month

If you are not a subscriber, here's what you are missing in this month's PAJ:

CHRISTMAS FEATURES

• The Polish Christmas Season
• The Most Popular Polish Christmas Carols
• A Quick Guide to a Polish Christmas
• Polish and American Troops Cross-Season Holiday Meals
• The Perfect Christmas Gift
• Try this Lighter Christmas Cake: Christmas Fruitcake (Keks Swiateczny)
• Polish Christmas Mushroom Soup (Wigilijna Zupa Grzybowa)
• Annual Support Arrives in time for Holidays
• Wigilia Favorites
• Christmas Comes Early for Parish

 

ALSO IN THIS EDITION

• Poles Ready to Work with New President
• Columbus’ Polish Roots Put to Rest
• Auschwitz Liberation to be Commemorated
• Unknown Chopin Waltz Found in Museum Collection
• Wróblewski Joins PAJ Staff; Honors for Pietruszka and Wyrobek
• Polonia Places: Our Lady of the Rosary Church
• Alms Collected from Synod Participants
• Review: Our Class — Lost in Translation
• Palczewski Starting with the Broncos
• Legion Celebrates 85 Years of Service
• Tower Crane Will Revolutionize Crazy Horse Mountain Carving
• Col. Lipinski Symbolizes Polish Armed Forces Day
• Fil Honored as this Year’s Pulaski Grand Marshal
• World War II Documentary Wins Gold Telly Award
• Kuzma, Butler, Naggar-Tremblay, Dibble, and Nha Take Vocal Prizes
• Kudos for Kuras
• Szymbark Castle Restoration Topic of Presentation
• Krasinski Named “Sexiest Man Alive”
• Ancient Roman coins, Counterfeits Discovered in in Eastern Poland
• Searching for the Truth
• Geddy Lee is son of Holocaust Survivors
• Lorain’s Pulaski Park rededicated
• Alliance Alumni Calls for Scholarship Applicants
• Blaszczynski Inducted into Immigrant Hall of Fame
• Obituaries: Janusz Olejniczak, Celebrated Musician; Andrzej Schally, Nobel-winning Endocrinologist

and more