Posts Tagged: European Jews
Europe’s Empty Words on Antisemitism
This year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day was preceded by what might be called “European antisemitism worrying week.” Leading European politicians issued many statements saying that...
German Politician Troubled by Rising Antisemitism Throughout Europe
JNS.org - For the first time in history, the president of the European Union plans to hold a conference on antisemitism and anti-Zionism. The “Europe Beyond...
Survey: Despite Uptick In Antisemitism, European Jews Plan to Stay Put for Now
JNS.org - Despite increasing antisemitism, European Jews, who feel safer in the eastern than western part of the continent, have no plans to emigrate anytime soon,...
Hungarian Jews Examine Long-Lost Identity, and a JCC Is There to Help Them
JNS.org - Many Jews in Hungary are discovering their roots for the first time since the end of Communist rule in 1989, and the only...
Swiss Government Neglects Security of Country’s Jews
After the recent terrorist murders of Jews in France, Belgium and Denmark, other Western European governments are beginning to understand that it is their legal and...
Advice for Israel and Jews: Facing Europe’s Challenges
In order to follow developments that will occur in 2018, it is helpful to establish a partial inventory of major problems facing Israel and the...
We Must Believe In and Build a European Jewish Future
I recently took a trip to Europe. After passing through the painful experiences of Polish Jewish history -- endless ghettos, death camps and mass graves -- we arrived in...
American Jews Must Make Security Central to Communal Work
JNS.org - In May 2017, a man with a meat cleaver threatened customers in two Jewish stores in northern London. Although the police were called, the...
Lithuanian High Schoolers Creating E-Book to Document History of Destroyed Jewish Community
An initiative has been launched to teach Lithuanian high school students the history of the country's complicity in the Holocaust, with a goal of reaching a total...
The Drumbeat Against Jewish Ritual in Europe Sounds Once More
JNS.org - This past week, Jewish ritual observance came under attack in both Belgium and Norway. While there is nothing suggesting that the respective moves against...
Why Europe’s Meltdown Threatens Jews
Today, Diaspora Jewish communities are suffering severe trauma as they experience erosion of the acceptance and security they enjoyed over the past half century. Whether...
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Bolster US Cooperation With Europe to Combat Antisemitism
JNS.org - A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation last week that seeks to bolster the US government’s monitoring and combating of antisemitic incidents in Europe. Reps. Nita...
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...
Berlin Jewish Leader: European Rabbis Should ‘Take Action’ Against EU Breakup
JNS.org - Chabad-Lubavitch movement Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, rabbi of the Jewish Community of Berlin, has called on European rabbis to “help save the European Union” after...
