Posts Tagged: European Jewish Association
European Jewish Leaders Demand EU Action After Belgian Police Raid Mohels’ Homes, Raising Religious Freedom Concerns
Dozens of European Jewish leaders are calling on the European Union to take action against Belgium over recent police raids on the homes of several...
Jews, Israelis Targeted in Europe Amid Escalating Middle East Conflict
Jewish communities across Europe have been targeted in a growing wave of antisemitic incidents amid rising tensions in the Middle East, prompting Jewish leaders to...
Israeli Runners Harassed at South Africa’s Comrades Marathon After ANC Calls for Their Exclusion
Israeli athletes were harassed by members of the African National Congress (ANC) during South Africa's Comrades Marathon on Sunday, after the youth wing of the...
Belgian Police Raid Mohels’ Homes in Antwerp, Sparking Outrage in Jewish Community
Belgian police raided the homes of several mohels in Antwerp, a northern Belgian city, seizing their circumcision tools after a local anti-Zionist Jewish rabbi filed...
Top Diaspora Rabbi Says Israel Must Develop ‘Contingency Plan’ for Europe’s Jews as Antisemitism Spreads
A top European Rabbi is calling on Israel to "develop a practical contingency plan for the absorption of European Jewry in Israel," as antisemitism spreads...
Italy Ranked Top, Poland and Belgium Bottom, in New Index Measuring Quality of Jewish Life in Europe
Italy has the highest quality of Jewish life on the European continent, with Poland and Belgium identified as the most troubling countries in that regard,...
Europe’s Jewish Students Face Antisemitic Onslaught
If there were a survival handbook for Jewish students at the universities of Europe, it would probably begin with this: Tell no one that you're...
European Jewish Group Slams Munich Auction House for Selling Nazi Memorabilia
JNS.org - An auction house in Munich, Germany, has again come under fire for selling Nazi memorabilia, this time including various speaking notes from Adolf...
European Jewish Group Sounds Alarm Over Polish Bill Banning Kosher-Meat Exports
JNS.org - Europe’s largest Jewish umbrella organization expressed alarm on Thursday over an animal-welfare bill in Poland that would ban exports of kosher meat. “This draft...
Major Norwegian Party Votes to Ban Circumcision, Prompting Concern Among Country’s Jewish Community
Norway's libertarian Progress Party voted at its annual national conference this past weekend to ban the circumcision of males below the age of 16. The measure,...
Poll: 70% of European Jews to Avoid Synagogue on High Holidays Despite Increased Security
Seventy percent of European Jews will not go to synagogue on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur this year, according to a poll released Tuesday. The survey was...
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Peres Says Hitler Targeted Jews ‘Because We Are Morally Strong’
Jerusalem Post - Former president Shimon Peres showed his support for a new European campaign to fight antisemitism in a special video on the eve of...
Belgian Insurance Company Refuses to Insure Jewish Kindergarten Due to Higher Terror Risk
JNS.org - A Belgian insurance company is refusing to insure a Jewish kindergarten run by the European Jewish Association (EJA) because of an increased risk...
Hundreds of Rabbis to Bolster Hungarian Jewry
JNS.org - Hundreds of rabbis from all over Europe are planning to travel to Hungary in March for a conference meant to strengthen the...
