Posts Tagged: Europe Jews
80 Years After Liberation, Antisemitism Resurges Across Europe in Shocking Ratios
I am in Berlin today as a proud Jew with a stark warning: 80 years after the bloodiest war in history -- and the systematic...
Following the Pogrom in Amsterdam, Europe Must Act Now to Protect Jews
Pogroms are events that many Jews once believed were confined to the darkest chapters of European history, relegated to memory and textbooks. Yet, on November 7,...
Finland Takes Step to Combat Antisemitism, But More Can Be Done
Finland’s scandal-ridden new government recently published a policy to combat racism and bigotry, including antisemitism and Holocaust denial. The government has dealt with numerous crises...
Some Jews Do Believe They Have a Strong Future in France
For Jews, France has always been a country of paradoxes. On one hand, it freed them from Europe’s historic bondage of religious and cultural oppression....
Hanukkah and the History of Antisemitism
As children at Hanukkah time, we would sing “Maoz Tzur Yeshuati" as we lit the candles. This translates as, “The strength of my Rock [referring...
Poland and Jews: Co-Authors of History?
When I read about the appointment of a new Polish Deputy Minister of Education, Tomáz Rzymkowski, who asserts that Jews have too much power, I...
Should Europe’s Jews Give Up and Move to Israel?
On Sunday, the Guardian reported the depressing fact that “almost half of British Jews avoid showing visible signs of their Judaism in public, such as a Star...
Moving to Israel Amid European Antisemitism
JNS.org - A total of 140 new olim (“immigrants”) from France arrived in Israel recently, and were welcomed at Ben Gurion Airport by Pnina Tamano-Shata,...
J’Accuse! Our Dreyfus and Theirs
JNS.org - Two months after its shellacking in the United Kingdom’s general elections, the Labour Party continues to remind British voters of why they chose...
Antisemitism Must Be Fought With Policy Action, Not Lip Service
JNS.org - Antisemitism turns truly dangerous when it becomes the organizing principle of a society. This occurred during the past century under Nazism and communism,...
Why Europe and Israel Need Each Other
Europe’s well-intentioned but obsolete strategy has dramatically contributed to the prolongation of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Israeli elections scheduled for March 2 provide yet another...
What Should Be Done With the ‘Judensau’?
JNS.org - “Here in Wittenberg, in our parish church, there is a sow carved into the stone under which lie young pigs and Jews who...
Confirmation Bias and Antisemitism
Sometimes a new expression sheds fresh light on ancient ideas. One example is the phrase “confirmation bias,” which was coined only 60 years ago. It...
The Hazards of Holocaust Remembrance in Europe
It is ironic that French President Emmanuel Macron and the UK’s Prince Charles took advantage of their participation in an unprecedented gathering of world leaders...
