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Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Chabad Center in Ukraine Firebombed

By Chabad.org

Chabad Rabbi Michael Oishie had left the building just 20 minutes before the attack.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

East Ukraine Synagogue Hit by Firebombs

By JTA

A synagogue in eastern Ukraine sustained minor damage from firebombs hurled at it by unidentified individuals Saturday night. The firebombs hit the Giymat Rosa Synagogue in Zaporizhia, located 250 miles southeast of Kiev, according to a report on the news site timenews.in.ua. The website published photos that showed the traces of a fire on the […]

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Thessaloniki Jews Suing Germany in European Human Rights Court

By JTA

The Jewish community of Thessaloniki is suing Germany for the return of a ransom paid during the Nazi occupation of Greece. The papers were filed Friday in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, the community’s president, David Saltiel, told JTA. The move to the European court comes after a struggle of two […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Europe

Jewish Agency Offers Emergency Help to Ukraine’s Jews

By JTA

The Jewish Agency said it would offer immediate emergency assistance to Ukraine’s Jewish community and will help secure the country’s Jewish institutions. Saturday evening’s announcement by Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky came hours after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fled Kiev and the Ukrainian parliament announced new presidential elections for late May. Violent protests led to […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Ukrainian Jews Urged to Leave Kiev

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

On Friday Ukrainian Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman asked Kiev Jews to leave the city.

Politics / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Europe

Kiev Death Toll at 77

By Jewish Press News Desk

The number of those killed in the Ukrainian violence has risen to 77, the country’s Health Ministry has said, according to an RT report. But this number could be a low estimate, as doctors working on Kiev’s Independence Square are claiming that as many as 70 people have been killed on the rioters’ side alone […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

German Police Three Auschwitz Guard Suspects

By Jewish Press News Desk

German police arrested three men in their 80s and 90s Thursday on suspicion of accessory to murder when they were guards at the Auschwitz death camp. Three others, all in their 90s, may also be arrested if police uncover enough evidence to warrant putting them on trial. "This is a major step," said Nazi hunter […]

US / News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Kerry Protests while Kiev Burns (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The United States proves how weak its foreign policy really is every time it tries to solve the world's problems

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Germany

Gag Order Lifted: Two Israelis Arrested for Smuggling Arms to Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

How did smugglers of arms to Iran escaped the law for 10 years. How could Israeli Jews even think of helping the enemy?

Israel / Antisemitism / Germany

Peres to Award Merkel for Fighting Anti-Semitism

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Shimon Peres will confer the Presidential Medal of Distinction on German Chancellor Angela Merkel next Tuesday for “her unwavering commitment to Israel's security and the fight against anti-Semitism.” His office stated Thursday, The medal, the highest civilian award in Israel and comparable to the Legion of Honor of France and the Order of Canada, […]

Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

Muslims Demand Equal Terms after Spanish Law for Jewish Return

By JTA

Several Muslim families currently residing in North Africa are candidates for receiving Spanish citizenship.

News Briefs / Europe / Russia / Holocaust / Judaism

Rabbi Finds 103 Torah Scrolls Stolen from Jews in Hungary

By Jewish Press News Desk

A senior Hungarian rabbi said Tuesday he has found 103 Torah scrolls that were stolen from Hungarian Jews in World War II and hidden in a Russian library in Novgorod, east of Moscow. Russia has not decided what to do with the holy scrolls, which Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation Chief Rabbi Shlomo Koves wants to […]

Haredim & Hassidim / UK / News Briefs / Europe / Judaism

Uproar over Jewish Candidate’s Refusal to Shake Hands with Women

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When a Muslim won’t look at a woman, it is called respect. When a Jew won’t shake her hand, it is called sexism.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Antisemitic Graffiti Painted on Toulouse Buildings

By JTA

Swastikas and other hate graffiti were painted on buildings throughout the French city of Toulouse. Sunday night’s vandalism, which also included far-right symbols, struck an LBGT center, a university and cemetery, and the offices of left-wing candidates in elections next month, according to Radio France International. Police have not identified any suspects. The graffiti attacked […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Israeli Ambassador: Hungary Not Ready to Face Its Shoah Role

By JTA

Israel’s foreign ministry accused Hungary of not being ready to face its role in the Holocaust. Hungarian Ambassador to Israel Andor Nagy told the Hungarian media over the weekend that Rafi Schultz, deputy director for European Affairs at Israel’s foreign ministry, told Nagy that there were doubts in Israel over Hungary’s willingness to confront its […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Dutch Diplomat Killed by Nazis Honored for Saving Jews

By JTA

A Dutch diplomat who died in a Nazi concentration camp will receive Israel’s special honor for non-Jews who helped Holocaust survivors escape the genocide. The medal and title of Righteous Among the Nations will be conferred posthumously on Joop Kolkman on Monday at a ceremony in The Hague, the Dutch foreign ministry and Israel’s embassy […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe

Nearly Half the Dutch Believe Israel Trying to Exterminate Arabs

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The Dutch believe Israel is the greatest threat to peace and is trying to exterminate the Arabs

News Briefs / Europe / Judaism

Danish Jewish Leader Disputes Report of Ban on Kosher Slaughter

By JTA

The president of Denmark’s Jewish community has disputed a government minister’s claims that new regulations would outlaw all kosher slaughter in the country. “We find this an odd statement,” Finn Schwarz, the community’s president, told JTA on Thursday about statements made earlier in the week by Agriculture Minister Dan Jorgensen to the Ritzau news agency. […]

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / European Union

PA Allocates $46 Million More for Terrorists

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Palestinian Authority announced last week it will be giving an additional $46 million a year to released prisoners, including hundreds of murderers of civilians, according to the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). This new funding is an addition to the tens of millions the PA already gives in salaries and other benefits to terrorists in […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah

Anti-Semitism Spurs Increased Aliyah from France

By JTA

A steady increase of Jews fleeing anti-Semitism and moving to Israel has prompted the Ministry of Absorption to submit for government approval a new plan to help them start new lives as “olim” [new immigrants]. In 2013, there were 3,301 new immigrants from France, the highest recorded number from that country since the year 2000. […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

Poland’s Chief Rabbi Suspends Aide over Kosher Slaughter Controversy

By JTA

Amid reports that kosher slaughter is continuing in Poland in the face of a law prohibiting it, the country’s chief rabbi suspended an aide who appears to have misrepresented the practice to government inspectors. The aide, Michael Alper, wrote a letter to Polish veterinarians in which he asked for permission to slaughter 250 cows after […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Europe / Saudi Arabia / Gulf States / UAE / Egypt / Russia

Russia Buying Out US Influence with $2 Billion Arms Deal for Egypt

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Has the United States done anything right in the Middle East in the last few decades?

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Belgian Train 'Prank' – Jews Told to Get Off and Shower at Auschwitz

By JTA

Unidentified passengers aboard a Belgian train used the speaker system to urge Jews to get off at Auschwitz and shower at the concentration camp. The incident of Jan. 31 prompted the Belgian rail company SNCB to file a complaint with police over incitement to hatred, the RTL broadcaster reported Tuesday. According to RTL, the suspects […]

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Jewish Groups Back Boycott of Hungary’s Holocaust Commemorations

By JTA

Jewish groups backed the decision by the main Jewish umbrella group in Hungary to boycott official Holocaust memorial year events unless the government reverses policy seen as minimizing the country’s role in the Shoah. The international Jewish organizations urged the Hungarian government to respond to Jewish concerns. “The Jewish community’s decision to protest planned Holocaust […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Spain OK’s Jewish Return Bill

By JTA

Spain’s Jewish community congratulated the government for approving a bill proposing to facilitate the naturalization of Sephardic Jews of Spanish descent. On Friday, Spain’s government approved the bill, which was filed last month by the ruling Popular Party and proposes to amend previous legislation that allowed for granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews who chose to […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Court Clears Dieudonne of Incitement

By JTA

A French court cleared comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala of charges connected to a video in which he called for the release of a man who brutally murdered a Jew. The Correctional Court of Paris acquitted Dieudonne on Friday in connection with a video what was recorded in April 2010, in which Dieudonne called for the […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Belgian Supermarket Chain Recalls Nazi Prisoner Costume

By JTA

A Belgian supermarket chain has recalled a costume which is meant to allow children to dress up as prisoners of a Nazi concentration camp. The recall was announced Friday by the Delhaize chain in a press release that it issued conjointly with the Belgian League against Anti-Semitism, or LBCA. “Delhaize deplores this incident and regrets […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Hungarian Jews May Use Force to Stop Jobbik Protest

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) is considering sending people to physically prevent Hungary's ultra-nationalist Jobbik party from holding a rally at a former synagogue on next Friday. Jobbik, which holds 43 of 386 seats in the country's parliament, is planning the rally in a building in the city of Esztergom which had once […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion / Judaism

Greek Politician Says Prime Minister Heads Jewish Conspiracy

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jews are better off with ignorant anti-Semites rather than with those who have a normal IQ.

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Jewish Groups Rejecting Hungary’s Grants for Holocaust Events

By JTA

Several Jewish organizations in Hungary as a form of protest will not accept government grants for memorial events marking the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust. The groups are protesting what they consider the state’s whitewashing of Hungary’s role in the Holocaust. The organizations turning down the grants from the Civil Fund include the Frankel Leo […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Report: Croatia Probes Former US Citizen on Auschwitz War Crimes

By JTA

Croatian authorities are investigating a 90-year-old man suspected of committing war crimes as an SS soldier and guard at the Auschwitz death camp. Germany’s Special Prosecutor’s Office for Investigation of Crimes during the Period of National Socialism last month alerted Croatian authorities to the presence in Croatia of Jacob Dencinger, the Croatian news outlet Jutarnji […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Air France Employees Performed Quenelle Salute

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Three Air France union officials “joyfully” performed the Quenelle reverse Nazi salute at a rally last November but not reported until this week by the French Liberation newspaper. Air France management issued a statement condemning the salute, according to the European Jewish Press, which reported they were “extremely shocked” and promise ”to take appropriate actions,” […]

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Britain Bars Quenelle Creator Dieudonne

By JTA

The French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, creator of the anti-Semitic quenelle gesture, was banned from entering Britain by the Home Office, British newspapers reported Monday. Dieudonne reportedly had announced that he would visit London to support Nicolas Anelka, a French national playing for the West Bromwich Albion British soccer team, who has been charged by […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements / NATO

Abbas to NYT: NATO Force Can Patrol Palestinian State

By JTA

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas told The New York Times he would be willing to allow a U.S.-led NATO force to patrol a Palestinian state for an indefinite amount of time. Israeli soldiers and Israeli settlements could remain for five years from the state’s establishment, Abbas said in an interview with The New York Times […]

News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Teacher and Policeman Killed in Moscow School Shooting Spree

By Jewish Press News Desk

A student killed one policeman, a biology teacher, shot and wounded another policeman and took 20 pupils hostage before police overcame and arrested him Sunday in the northern end of Moscow. "The person who took 20 people and a teacher hostage is a student in the upper classes at the same school," an interior ministry […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Denmark's Boycott Bank Linked to North Korea-Iran Ballistic Missiles Sales

By Shalom Bear

Denmark's Danske Bank is boycotting Israeli banks, but had no problem with servicing a North Korean missile companies trading with Iran. What does that tell you?

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Italian Police Find Pig Culprit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Italian police have identified the man who sent the pig heads to Rome's main shul.

Israel / News Briefs / Europe

Denmark Bank Boycott: All For Show

By Jewish Press News Desk

Danske bank announced a "boycott" of Bank HaPoalim, but strangely enough, they have no investments in any Israeli bank. Hmm.

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Anti-Israel NGOs

Norway Orders Divestment from 2 Israeli Firms

By JTA

Norway’s government instructed a state-run pension fund not to invest in two Israeli firms because of their activity in eastern Jerusalem. The decision regarding the Government Pension Fund Global, or GPFG, appeared Thursday on the website of Norway’s finance ministry. It named two Israeli construction firms, Africa Israel Investments and Danya Cebus, as well as […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe

Netherlands Asks Israel to Extradite Molestation Suspect

By JTA

The Netherlands is seeking the extradition from Israel of a Dutch teacher suspected of molesting pupils at an Orthodox school near Amsterdam. The request was sent last week by the Public Prosecution Service of the District Court of Amsterdam, the court’s press officer, Franklin Wattimena, told JTA Thursday. The 26-year-old man identified in Dutch media […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Lauder: German Museums Should Strive to Return Looted Art

By JTA

German museums must improve their record on identifying and returning Nazi looted art, World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder said. Speaking to some 200 people Tuesday at the Topography of Terror, a museum and documentation center in the German capital, Lauder said that a new commission of independent experts must be appointed to comb through […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / European Union

European Lawmakers Urge EU to Reinstate Antisemitism Definition

By JTA

Twenty-four European parliamentarians called on the European Union to reinstate its working definition of anti-Semitism. The call was unanimously adopted on Tuesday by the lawmakers, who had traveled to Poland earlier this week to attend a ceremonial joint session with 58 Knesset members and dozens of counterparts from the Polish parliament on International Holocaust Remembrance […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / France

French Court Strips Terrorist of Honorary Title

By JTA

A French court nullified an honorary title conferred on the murderer of an Israeli diplomat. The administrative court of Montreuil on Thursday nullified the honorary residency that the suburb of Bagnolet conferred on Georges Abdallah, according to a report published on Friday by the Le Figaro daily. Abdallah, a pro-Palestinian militant, was sentenced to life […]

Israel / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Nuremberg Documents Sell at Jerusalem Auction

By JTA

A trove of documents from the Nuremberg Trials found in a flea market in Israel was sold at auction Wednesday for $10,000, a spokesman for the Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem told the Associated Press. The trove of 500 pages, An American collector bought the documents, including some used to convict top Nazis at the […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Business and Economy

Norway’s Fund Reinstates Boycott of Israeli Firms Linked to Yesha

By Jewish Press News Desk

Norway has reinstated its 2010 boycott of two Israeli companies because their operations included activities in Judea and Samaria, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Finance Ministry of Norway also said it secluded an Indian copper and metal producer due to "an unacceptable risk of serious environmental damage and serious violations of human rights." […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Police Raid Dieudonne’s Home and Find More than $1 Million in Cash

By Jewish Press News Desk

The so-called French comedian Dieudonne is a suspect for money laundering after police raided his Paris home Tuesday and found more than $1 million in cash there and in a theatre he operates. If charged and convicted, his previous hate crimes, primarily anti-Semitic slurs against Jews, will seem like petty theft, and God willing, his […]

Israel / Europe

Nearly Half The Knesset Marks Holocaust At Auschwitz

By dvora

“We stand at the gate of hell on earth,” MK Yariv Levin (Likud-Beiteinu) said. “The visit by a delegation of the parliament of an independent and strong Jewish state, together with survivors who were here, symbolizes Israel’s total commitment to the protection of the Jewish people.

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

New Jewish Community in Berlin Linked To Pre-War Congregation

By JTA

A new Jewish community was dedicated in the former East Berlin, in the footsteps of one destroyed by the Nazis. In an odd twist, the community has the same name as another Berlin congregation that is mired in legal limbo and debt after failing to prove it has any members. In Tuesday’s ceremonies at the […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Nazi-Looted Paintings Going on Auction Block

By JTA

Nazi-looted paintings recovered by the Allies platoon known as the Monuments Men will be sold at auction in New York. The four lots will go on the block at Sotheby’s in New York on Thursday as part of a sale of Old Master paintings and sculpture. Some of the works were owned by the Rothschild […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / France / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

SodaStream Wins Lawsuit against French Boycott Israel Group

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

SodaStream is believed to be the first Israeli firm to introduce a court case against the Palestinian lobby.

Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Religion

Prophecy? Crow and Seagull Attack Pope’s Doves of Peace (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Maybe the crow and the seagull know something that most of us know but the pope won’t believe.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Paris Anti-Hollande March Turns into Day of Hatred of Jews

By JTA

A march through Paris against French President Francois Hollande ended with anti-Semitic chants and cries of support for an anti-Semitic comedian. At least 150 protesters were arrested in the “Day of Anger” demonstrations on Sunday, according to reports. Nineteen police officers were injured in clashes with protesters, one seriously, the French news agency AFP reported. […]

News Briefs / Germany / Settlements / Holocaust

Letter Offered Hitler Money to Let Jews Move to Gush Etzion

By Jewish Press News Desk

A recently-discovered letter sent to Hitler in 1939 offered him 100,000 Palestine lira in exchange for allowing Jews to buy land in Gush Etzion and move to Israel. The proposal, which was sent in a letter dated April 9, 1939, but was not carried out. Researchers at the Kfar Etzion Museum found a copy of […]

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion / Judaism

Swedes and Danes Want to Permit Circumcision – for Bar Mitzvah

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“If we prohibit it [circumcision], we must also address the issue of the Christian ritual of baptism.”

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Holocaust Historian Returns Honor from Hungary over ‘Whitewash’

By JTA

Holocaust historian Randoph Braham is returning a high honor from the Hungarian state as a protest against attempts to whitewash Hungary’s role in the Holocaust, Braham said in a letter quoted by the Hungarian state news agency MTI on Sunday. Braham, 91, a Holocaust survivor, wrote that he was handing back the Cross of the […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Anti-Semitism Spurs More European Jews to Flee

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Nearly one-third of European Jews are considering emigrating because of rising anti-Semitism, and 25 percent of Jews in Europe are afraid to appear in public with cloths or symbols that would identify them as Jews, a new report reveals. There was no indication of which countries were the desired new homes of those wanting to […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Judaism

Netanyahu’s Son Dating Norwegian Gentile

By Tibbi Singer

Yair and Leikanger met at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

Jewish / News Briefs / France / Media

French Billboard Firm Scales Back JDate Campaign Citing Vandalism

By JTA

A French advertiser scaled back a campaign for the dating site JDate after its billboards were vandalized. Thierry Courrault, a regional director for the JC Decaux billboard giant, said his company decided to pull 18 billboards out of 100 advertising JDate. The reason was “vandalism against out property (swastika graffiti and broken windowpanes),” he told […]

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Russia

Abbas Asks Russia for Billion Dollar Gas Project Off Gaza Coast

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority  chairman Mahmoud Abbas asked Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Thursday to invest in a $1 billion natural gas project off the coast of Hamas-controlled Gaza, Russia’s news agency reported. Abbas is vesting Moscow, which has been a strong backer of the Palestinian Authority. Securing a huge investment for Gaza would help Abbas win […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Antisemitic Comic Arrested for Assaulting Officers

By JTA

The French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala was arrested for allegedly assaulting court officers who came to his home with notices for payments due on fines for inciting hatred against Jews. Dieudonne, who owes nearly $100,000 for several hate speech convictions, was arrested Tuesday night, according to a report by the French news agency AFP. He […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Sports

French Jewish Leader Softens Stance on Quenelle Gesture

By JTA

The president of France’s main Jewish group has toned down his blanket condemnation of the quenelle gesture and said it is not necessarily anti-Semitic. Roger Cukierman of the CRIF umbrella group adjusted his position in a filmed interview published Tuesday on the website of the Le Figaro daily. Reacting to the decision that day by […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Germany to Pay Amsterdam Jews for ‘Voluntary’ Ghetto Labor

By JTA

More than 1,000 people have applied for new compensation of a one-time payment of $2,700 from Germany for labor performed in Amsterdam’s Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust. The compensation is offered to people who lived in three districts of the Dutch capital that served as ghettos for the city’s Jewish community during the German occupation […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

344 Years after His Execution, French Jew Cleared of Blood Libel

By JTA

Nearly 350 years after his wrongful execution, a French Jew who had been convicted of a blood libel was exonerated and declared a martyr. The village of Glatigny in the eastern district of Moselle set the record straight Sunday on the wrongful conviction of Raphael Levy in 1670 for murder. Levy, a simple merchant, was […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Europe / NATO

Chief of Staff Gantz at NATO Chiefs Meeting in Brussels

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and Col. Adam Susman, head of the International Military Cooperation Department, landed in Brussels on Tuesday for the annual NATO Chiefs of Defense Meeting. Lt. Gen. Gantz will be meeting with fellow Chiefs of Staff from around the world as well as NATO official sand will take part in […]

Israel / UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

British Lawmaker Rankles Jews with Tweet Attacking Ariel Sharon

By JTA

British lawmaker David Ward has raised Jewish ire again for tweeting two days after the death of Ariel Sharon. “Sharon’s death makes you think. The brutal, genocidal treatment of Jews must never be forgotten but … the Palestinians were not responsible.” One tweet in response to Ward, by British Jewish gay rights activist Benjamin Cohen, […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Romanian President: Palestinians Should Recognize Israel as Jewish

By JTA

Romania supports in principle Israel’s demand for Palestinian recognition of Israel as the Jewish state but encourages compromises on this and other issues, Romanian President Traian Basescu said. Speaking to JTA at his presidential palace two days before an Israel visit that  began Sunday, Basescu said that “if they [the Palestinians] want peace, they must […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Hungarian Jewish Leaders Accuse Government of Minimizing Holocaust

By JTA

Hungarian Jewish leaders demanded the resignation of a key government appointee and threatened to boycott government-sponsored events marking the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary. In an unusually strong statement posted Sunday on its website, the leadership of Mazsihisz, the official Hungarian Jewish umbrella organization, said they were “aghast and find incomprehensible” the “relativization […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Ukraine: Yeshiva Student Stabbed

By JTA

On Friday night, 3 youths jumped and stabbed a yeshiva student on his way home.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Berlin Chabad to Display Newly Discovered Nuremberg Trials Evidence

By JTA

Juliana Rangel, icj, Nuremberg trials, isaac stone, kedem, Chabad Berlin

Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Europe

Holland Urges Morocco to Block Anti-Israel Bills

By JTA

Frans Timmermans, anti-israel legislation in morcco, netherlands-israel relations, netherlands-morocco relations

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Belgian Jews Thank France for Banning Antisemitic Comedian

By JTA

Leaders of Belgium’s Jewish community rallied outside the French embassy in Brussels to thank the French government for its efforts to keep an antisemitic comedian from touring. The demonstration Wednesday was organized by the CCOJB umbrella group representing French-speaking Belgian Jews. Some 70 people showed up, police told a Belgian news agency, bearing signs reading: […]

News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Settlements / European Union

Czech Ambassador Slammed for Ariel University Visit

By JTA

A Palestinian official accused the Czech Republic of violating European Union directives after its ambassador to Israel visited an Israeli university in Samaria. The visit last week by Ambassador Tomas Pojar to the University of Ariel, located in the largest Israeli settlement in Samaria, was a first for an EU ambassador, according to the Jerusalem […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

PA Won’t Explain Why Machine Guns Were in Embassy in Prague

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority has not explained to the Czech Republic why 12 firearms, including submachine guns, were stored at its embassy in Prague where a PA diplomat was killed in an explosion to weeks ago. Palestinian diplomats have apologized for hiding illegal weapons at the Prague embassy where a blast killed the ambassador on New […]

News Briefs / Europe / Sports / Holocaust

Polish Prosecutors Clear Auschwitz Soccer Chanters

By JTA

Several Jewish organizations have criticized a Polish prosecutor’s decision not to try soccer fans who chanted about Jews and Auschwitz. A spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office of Poznan in central Poland said last week that no charges would be brought against the fans because they did not mean to offend Jews when they chanted the […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Europe

Amsterdam Falafel Joint Takes Israelis for a Non-Kosher Ride

By JTA

By the time they end up at Baba’s Grillroom in central Amsterdam, Israeli tourists tend to be somewhat distracted. Situated near the famous Rembrandt Square, this popular and veteran falafel eatery is literally surrounded by pot-selling coffee shops that help make Amsterdam one of the top holiday destinations for Israelis — and especially for the […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Painting of Jews Murdering Christian Children to Go on Display

By JTA

A controversial 18-century painting depicting the ritual murder of Christian children by Jews, will be available to viewers in the cathedral of Sandomierz, Poland. The painting, “Mord Rytualny” or “Ritual Murder,” was painted by Charles de Prevot, A plaque will be mounted next to the painting, which will inform viewers that the Jews did not […]

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Hitchcock Holocaust Documentary to be Screened

By JTA

A documentary about the Holocaust by Alfred Hitchcock will be screened for the first time as the renowned late director intended, a British newspaper reported. “Memory of the Camps,” as the film is titled now, will be screened on British television early next year to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Europe, according […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe

Dutch Christians Protest Pension Fund’s Boycott of Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Approximately 350 Dutch Christian activists demonstrated early Monday in front of the headquarters of PGGM, manager of the largest pension fund in Holland, to protest its recent decision to pull out its investments in five Israeli banks, the European Jewish Press reported (EJP). PGGM said it got rid of shares in Bank HaPoalim, Bank Leumi, […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Germany / Settlements

German Foreign Minister: Israel’s Building ‘Disrupts’ Peace Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

Visiting Germany Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier accused Israel of “disrupting” talks with the Palestinian Authority for a peace agreement by announcing the construction of more homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria. He alleged that the building violates understandings that Kerry set forth last July, when direct talks resumed for the first time in three […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Sharon to be Commemorated in Belarus, Birthplace of his Parents

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Limmud FSU (Former Soviet Union) announced Monday that the upcoming Limmud FSU conference in Belarus this summer will feature a special event in memory of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, whose parents were born in Belarus. The event will take place in Sharon’s father’s hometown city of Brest, and Sharon’s sons Omri and Gilad, […]

News Briefs / France / Holocaust / Assimilation

Antisemitic French Comic Drops Tour

By JTA

Amid an investigation into his finances and bans on his shows because of anti-Semitic content, the French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala said he was abandoning his nationwide tour. Dieudonne made the announcement Saturday at a news conference in which he appeared dressed in traditional West African garb — his mother was born in Cameroon. “Today, […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Holocaust

Dieudonne Fans Bring Down French JDL Website

By JTA

Supporters of the anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonne hijacked three French pro-Israel websites in a coordinated cyber attack. The attack Thursday paralyzed the websites Israel-Flash.com, Europe-Israel.org and liguedefensejuive.com, the website of the French Jewish Defense League, and replaced their content with messages of support for Dieudonne, Le Nouvel Observateur reported. On the hijacked websites, the hackers called […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Hungarian Jewish Leader Decries German Occupation Monument

By JTA

The president of Hungary’s Jewish umbrella group criticized a planned monument to victims of the Germany occupation for ignoring Hungary’s complicity in the Holocaust. The memorial announced Thursday would be built in Budapest’s Freedom Square and pay tribute to “all Hungarian victims with the erection of the monument commemorating the tragic German occupation and the […]

Government / News Briefs / Europe / Anti-Israel NGOs

Israel Summons Dutch Ambassador over Divestments in his Country

By JTA

For the second time in less than a month, Israel demanded clarifications from the Netherlands on Dutch firms’ divestment from Israel. On Friday, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Dutch ambassador to Israel, Caspar Veldkamp, to provide clarifications on the decision of PGGM, a large pensions administrator, to divest from five Israeli banks because […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Topsy-Turvy Court Decisions Ban Dieudonne – Again

By Jewish Press News Desk

The French government has won a last minute appeal on Thursday to France’s highest court, which reinstated a ban lifted hours before by a third court and decided that the French anti-Semitic comic Dieudonne M'bala M'bala cannot appear as scheduled in Nance. Interior Minister Manuel Valls appealed to the Council of State, France’s highest court […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Court Scraps City’s Ban on Anti-Semitic Comedian’s Show

By JTA

A court in France scrapped a municipal ban on a performance by the anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala Thursday after he petitioned to negate the ruling by a court in Nantes. The judge rejected the argument made by Christian de Lavernée, a municipal administrator, who banned the show on grounds that it would create a […]

Government / News Briefs / Germany

European Parliamentarians Discuss Role of Religion in Diplomacy

By Sinem Tezyapar

A delegation of Israeli politicians and men of the cloth participated as well.

Israel / News Briefs / European Union

Greek Ambassador Rejects Boycott of Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Greece’s Ambassador to Israel Ambassador Spyridon Lampridis said Wednesday that the European Union is a friend of Israel and that  Greece will make sure the EU does not boycott or isolate the country, despite differences of opinion. He told Israel radio that Greece will do everything it can to prevent a diplomatic fight between Israel […]

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Germany

German Grandmother Celebrates 104th Birthday by Dead Sea

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

At the age of 104, she decided the time had come to “live a little.”

Israel / News Briefs / Europe

Dutch Funds Divest from Israeli Banks but not from Occupied Tibet

By JTA

A Dutch pension administrator has divested from five Israeli banks over their activity in the Judea and Samaria as a matter of “responsible investment policy” but it retains its investments in Chinese banks operating in Tibet on land widely seen internationally as land occupied by China. The pension investment company PGGM announced its decision to […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe

Dozens of African Illegal Leave for Sweden with $3,500 Grant

By Jewish Press News Desk

Dozens of illegal African infiltrators have voluntarily left Israel for Sweden with a $3,500 government grant, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday. The move was coordinated with the Swedish government and the United Nations Commission on Refugees, which has criticized Israel for not allowing the infiltrators to remain. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu emphasized on Monday that […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Minister Tells Mayors to Ban Shows by Antisemitic Comic

By JTA

French interior Minister Manuel Valls instructed French mayors to ban performances by the antisemitic comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala. Valls sent the non-binding recommendation in a circular to French municipalities on Monday, days before Dieudonne is scheduled to launch a nationwide tour, the French news agency AFP reported. “I have sent an instruction today to all […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany

New Year’s Revelers Urinate on Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

By JTA

New Year’s revelers shot fireworks and urinated in Germany’s Holocaust memorial in Berlin. Reacting to a disgusting and shocking video that also explicitly showed a man urinating amid young party-goers celebrating among the 2711 stone slabs at the memorial last week, spokesperson Jenifer Stolz told JTA that “we are all quite appalled. But it is […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Dutch Soccer Team Ditches Israeli Player for Abu Dhabi Match

By JTA

A Dutch soccer team is facing criticism for playing in Abu Dhabi after agreeing to the emirate’s demand not to let in the team’s Israeli defender. Two Dutch politicians and several media criticized the soccer team Vitesse from Arnhem over the weekend for agreeing to play in Abu Dhabi despite the refusal Saturday to let […]

Germany

Merkel Bed-Bound by Ski Accident

By Jewish Press News Desk

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be running her country from bed doe three weeks because of an injured pelvis she suffered during a Christmas vacation ski vacation. "While cross-country skiing during her Christmas vacation, the chancellor suffered from a serious contusion in connection with a so-called infraction, an incomplete fracture of her left backward pelvis. […]

Politics / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

Pope to Visit Israel in May

By JTA

Pope Francis will visit Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority in May. The pontiff made the formal announcement of his long-anticipated trip from his Vatican window before a crowd who had gathered in St. Peter’s Square on a rainy Sunday. “In the climate of joy, typical of this Christmas season, I wish to announce that […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Police Investigate False Bomb Threat against Antisemitic Funnyman

By JTA

French comedian Diedonne M’bala M’bala complained to police about threats to blow up the theater in which he performs. The bomb threat was made Thursday against the Main D’Or theater, which Dieudonne operates, in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, according to MetroNews.fr. Police rushed to the scene but found no explosives. Performances by Dieudonne, a professed anti-Semite […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Sports / Holocaust

Nazi-Era Soccer Program with Swastika Up for Auction

By Jewish Press News Desk

Nazi lovers and sports fans now have chance to add a Nazi-era soccer poster, complete with a swastika, to their collections. A Nazi-era poster of soccer game between Ireland and Germany, represented by a picture of a swastika, is going on sale at an auction in Dublin.The poster is expected to bring in up to […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Czech Police Find Weapons at PA Home where Blast Killed Official

By Jewish Press News Desk

Czech police found weapons at the Palestinian Authority mission in Prague where the PA ambassador was killed Wednesday after a safe he was handling exploded. Police confirmed that “some weapons” were found but did not reveal any details on their type or number. So far, the explosion has been written off as an accident that […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Police Search for Merah Fan over Quenelle Photos

By JTA

French police are searching for an unidentified man who performed an anti-Semitic gesture at three locales connected to the murder of Jews. A photo of the suspect surfaced last week online in which he performed the quenelle, a quasi-Nazi salute, in front of the Toulouse school where the Muslim extremist Mohammed Merah murdered four Jews […]

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