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Bundz cheese from Poland.

Polish cheesemakers bask in newfound fame

Food

The food website Taste Atlas recently rated the light and creamy bundz, made from sheep’s milk, as one of the top cheeses in the world. The cheese doesn’t come from France or Italy — it comes from the southern mountains of Poland.

Ukrainian Nicolai, 41, says goodbye to his daughter Elina, 4, and his wife Lolita, on a train bound for Poland fleeing from the war at the train station in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, April 15, 2022.

‘Home is home’: Ukrainians in Poland consider options as Russia’s war enters new phase 

Ukraine
Marcjanna Kubala wears a red coat in front of a sign with Jewish-related words.

Young people in Poland are rediscovering their Jewish roots

Religion
The tops of buildings are barely visible through a thick layer of smog.

Smothered by smog, activists are urging Poland to reconsider coal

Climate Change
The Polish punk band Hanba!

No ‘shame’ in Polish punk band’s prophetic songs from the past

Music
Singer Manu Chao performs during a free concert in Caracas, Venezuela on March 23, 2012.

The World’s music features this week: Manu Chao, Sinkane and David Krakauer

Music

Each week on The World, we feature a unique selection of music, and every week we put together the highlights for you here.

Aga Ilwicka-Sheppard is a PhD candidate in Jewish Studies at the University of Wroclaw in Poland. She was instrumental in getting the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts to send 3,000 Yiddish language books to Poland, including novels, dictionar

This Polish grad student wants to help bring Yiddish back to life in Poland

Arts, Culture & Media

When the Nazis wiped out Jewish life and culture during World War II, it was hard to imagine it would ever come back in Poland. But it is starting to return. Though it’s not Jewish people who are leading the way.When the Nazis wiped out Jewish life and culture during World War II, it was hard to imagine it would ever come back in Poland. But it is starting to return. Though it’s not Jewish people who are leading the way.

Studies link pollution to lower IQs, increased Alzheimer’s risk

Environment

Several new studies in recent months have added new complications that can be linked to over-exposure to pollution from automobile traffic.

Podcast: Linguistic Rectification, and Tori’s Spelling

The World in Words

Is there a single correct way to pronounce cities like Kiev and Krakow?