Posts Tagged: European Jews
Anti-Semitism, A Warning Sign for Europe
The European Union has had its share of daunting challenges. From sluggish growth to punishing austerity, from high levels of unemployment to fears of brain drain,...
Survey: European Jews Consider Anti-Semitism a ‘Major Problem’
The full results of a new survey presenting the first comparable figures on Jewish people's experiences of anti-Semitic harassment, discrimination and hate crime in...
Jews in the Former Soviet Union Embrace Jewish Identity
JNS.org - In a complex journey that can start as simply as children asking their parents what their family name means, younger Jews...
Kerry and his Court Jews
In an effort to secure support for his newly launched "peace process," Secretary of State John Kerry met last Thursday evening with a selected group...
Lionizing Palestinian Stone-Throwers
It is no secret that The New York Times has long suffered from a Jewish problem. Ever since the 1930s, when publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger...
Happy Europe Day
As Europeans come together to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of Europe Day today, the time is right to pause and reflect on...
Surprise: ‘Jew in a Box’ Is Not in a Box
When the media dubbed an innovative and informative exhibit at the Jewish Museum in Berlin "Jew in a Box," it drew outrage from around the...
Three Cheers for ‘Jew in a Box’ for Thinking Out of the Box
When I first read the headline "Jew in a Box," describing a museum exhibit, I was shocked. I immediately assumed that it must be...
Alarming Rise in Anti-Semitism Danish Officials Report
Ynet - Danish officials say they're alarmed by the frequency of anti-Semitic attacks. The rise in physical and verbal assaults in Denmark is...
Art Exhibition Features Tefillin Hair Ties for Women
The most fun part of planning an exhibition is when you get to the works coming together for the first time. There is a magic...
68 Years after Auschwitz Lessons Learned and Unlearned
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz Birkenau Death Camp. Actually "liberated" is the wrong word. Opened the gates of hell...
American Jews and Israel Have Never Been Closer
Despite occasional media warnings of a "distancing" between American Jews and Israel, there is nothing like actually visiting the Jewish state to feel...
You Cannot Adulate Hitler’s Forces and be Committed to Human Rights and Pluralism
The legacy of World War II has long inspired — and may it in perpetuity inspire — an uncomplicated core consensus between the mainstream parties...
European Jews Must Pull Their Heads Out of the Sand
The time has come for European Jews to pull their heads out of the sand, face reality and ask themselves honestly whether their children...
