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Antisemitism / Europe / Interfaith Relations / Religion

Jews and Muslims Unite at Rally to Denounce Desecration of Sacred Texts

By Jewish Press Staff

Attitudes in Europe, and in Sweden and Denmark in particular, have challenged basic respect for the religious beliefs of other and common decency in general.

Antisemitism / Diaspora

Netanyahu Thanks Danish PM for Stance Against Ban on Circumcision

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Several Danish political parties have launched another campaign to ban male religious circumcision in the country.

Antisemitism / Europe / Diaspora

Danish Jews Threatened by Circumcision Ban, Community Leader Warns

By Israel Hayom

"Denmark saved Jewish life during the Holocaust, and now it may end Jewish life in the kingdom," says Danish Jewish community president Henri Goldstein.

Uncategorized

European Countries Joining Wire Transfer Platform that Bypasses US Sanctions on Iran

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The European countries are helping the Iranian regime exactly when the regime is murdering its own citizens.

Featured / Antisemitism / Europe / Religion / Judaism

Danish parliament to Debate Ban on Infant Male Circumcision

By JNi.Media

Intact Denmark – Association Against Circumcision of Children, began its petition drive on January 1, calling for a ban on circumcising males under the age of consent, 18.

Israel / US / Global

Finland Wins First Place, Israel 11th in World Happiness Report 2018

By JNi.Media

“The most striking finding of the report is the remarkable consistency between the happiness of immigrants and the locally born.”

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Consumer Confidence in Israel at -15%, on Upward Trend Since October 2015

By JNi.Media

Israel's consumer confidence is among the lowest in OECD countries, but in most of these countries, other than in Sweden, Denmark and Finland, consumer confidence has been negative.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Israeli Leftwing Hooligans Attack Pro-Azaria Rally with Tear Gas

By JNi.Media

"If these were [rightwing organization] Lehava activists there is no doubt they would have been held in jail until the end of the proceedings."

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / United Nations (UN)

Israel Among Top Five Countries on WHO 2015 Life Expectancy Chart

By JNi.Media

Only 22 countries around the globe have reached an average life expectancy greater than 80 years, so if one is planning to retire abroad, one should consider those countries most seriously.

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Anti-Israel NGOs

NGO Monitor to Danish Parliament: Check Out Israeli NGOs You’re Paying For

By JNi.Media

The Danish parliament supports “problem organizations” such as Badil, a group promoting “a de-Zionized Palestine of a single state.”

Terrorism / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Danish Buses Burned in Anti-Israel Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Four buses in Copenhagen were found on fire on Friday morning, and a fifth bus was covered with anti-Israel graffiti.

News Briefs / Europe / ISIS

Copenhagen Terrorist Pledged Allegiance to Islamic State

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Islamic State's tentacles throughout the world were confirmed to have reached Denmark.

News Briefs / Europe / Islamists / Religion

Muslim Gang Removes 'Un-Islamic' Flowers from Copenhagen Vigil

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The flowers had been placed where Danish police killed the terrorist.

News Briefs / Europe / Aliyah / Geulah

Netanyahu Calls on European Jews to Move to Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

"Israel is the home of every Jew," the Prime Minister told the Cabinet Sunday.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

European Rabbi Says EU Leaders 'Bury their Heads in the Sand'

By Jewish Press Staff

Rabbis and Jewish leaders soon will take self-defense courses to protect themselves against terrorists.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Europe

UPDATED: Jewish Guard Killed at Synagogue Prevented Mass Casualties

By Jewish Press News Desk

Terrorists opened fire on a Copenhagen Synagogue just hours after the cafe attack.

Video of the Day

Caroline Glick Takes Down the Danish Ambassador

By Video of the Day

It's always a pleasure to watch Caroline Glick take on those that attack Israel or try to explain why attacking Israel is OK. H/T ElderofZiyon

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Citing Security Concerns, Copenhagen Jewish School Forbids Religious Symbols

By JTA

A Jewish school in Denmark informed parents that its pupils are no longer allowed to wear religious symbols near school grounds.

Jewish / News Briefs

The Giraffe Mezuzah

By Shalom Bear

Bar Ilan researchers recovered the ancient method of converting giraffe hide into Kosher parchment for writing Torah scrolls and Mezuzot.

Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

US Jewish-Muslim Delegation Press Denmark on Slaughter Ban

By JTA

A joint delegation of observant Muslims and Jews made the case to the Danish ambassador to the United States that his country’s ban on ritual slaughter was harmful to its reputation. Leading the 10-person delegation to meet Peter Taksøe-Jensen on Feb. 27 were Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president for the Fonmdation for Ethnic Understanding, and […]

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. […]

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?

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.

News Briefs

Denmark Marks 70th Anniversary of Rescue of Jews

By Jewish Press News Desk

Denmark on Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of the escape of 7,300 Jews during World War II to prevent their deportation to a Nazi concentration camp. At Copenhagen's synagogue, Jewish community leader Finn Schwarz told several hundred people it was "almost a miracle" that the October 1943 operation in Nazi-occupied Denmark avoided the German patrol […]

Op-Eds

‘It Can Be Done’: the Rosh Hashana 1943 Escape of Danish Jews

By Dr. Rafael Medoff

Numerous Danish Christian families hid Jews in their homes or farms, and then smuggled them to the seashore.

Op-Eds

Denmark Bans Meatballs to Accommodate Muslims

By Soeren Kern

"The next thing could be that Danish nurses are forced to go under cover as Muslim women..." — Danish People's Party

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Anti-Semitic Phone Call Leads to Restoration of Historic Boat

By JTA

A 1943 vintage Danish fishing boat which rescued Danish Jews during the Holocaust is in the process of being moved and restored, ironically enough, thanks to an anti-Semitic phone call. The boat had been deteriorating for a while, but since the museum doesn’t charge for admission, raising money for a restoration project wasn’t exactly easy […]

Jewish / News Briefs

Danish Health Board Says No Need to Ban Circumcision

By Jewish Press News Desk

The tide of the anti-circumcision seems to be ebbing. Germany passed a law to bypass a Cologne court ruling that the procedure is illegal. Now, Danish doctors say the ritual is not harmful.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Denmark, Finland Upgrade Palestinian Diplomatic Missions

By JTA

Denmark and Finland have jumped on the bandwagon of pro-Palestinian Authority countries to update their Palestinian diplomatic missions to embassy status. The countries made a joint announcement Saturday on the sidelines of a meeting of Nordic foreign ministers in Stockholm. “We hope that the intention to give, for all practical purposes, the Palestinian Missions in […]

Daniel Pipes / The Lion's Den

Islamist Assassinations in the West

By Daniel Pipes

Assassination sends a specific signal to others not to follow in the victim's footsteps.

Op-Eds

Converting Denmark into a Muslim Country

By Soeren Kern

Over the past several years, immigrant gangs have proliferated geographically across all of Denmark.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Settlements

Aussies, Danes, Swedes Turks, and Bedouins Learn New Media & Public Diplomacy at Ariel University

By Baruch Shomron

The delegates arrived from all over the world including Denmark, Sweden, Turkey and Australia, to take part in the New Media & Public Diplomacy Seminar at Ariel University in Samaria. Their formal goal is to "gain a better understanding of how public diplomacy shapes the Middle East conflict," but they are also counting on having a lot of fun.

Business/Finance / SciTech

Is It A Car? Is It A Network? No -- It’s Both

By Brian of London

If Israeli electric car company, Better Place, only gave the world an electric car that could switch an empty battery for a full one in five minutes that would have been enough! But Better Place is also the key to making renewable energy production practical all over the world. Dai aynu!

News Briefs

Germany Raises Diplomatic Ties With PA/PLO

By Jewish Press News Desk

Germany has just raised the level of representation of the PA/PLO delegation in Berlin to "Diplomatic Mission" headed by an Ambassador. This was announced Wednesday by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle while visiting in Ramallah. The change in diplomatic status may be related to Merkel's several recent condemnations of Israel's settlement policy. France, Spain, Portugal, […]

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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