Posts Tagged: Europe Jews
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...
‘Why Do They Hate Us?’
JNS.org - As part of an evening news segment on December 2, Israel’s Channel 12 examined the panic among British Jews over the prospect that...
How Does One Hurt and Humiliate a Person (or a People)?
How does one hurt and humiliate a person (or a people)? By actions. 2020 has been declared “The Year of the Vilna Gaon and the Jewish Heritage”...
Belgium’s Carnival of Hatred Is Still Going Strong
JNS.org - A few years ago, I was paying for some items at a large department store in the Netherlands when I was startled by...
For German Jews, More Security Is Not Enough
After the Halle, Germany synagogue shooting during Yom Kippur, there were the usual outpourings of condemnation, pavement flowers for the victims, and feel-good statements of...
‘Smokescreening’ — Anti-Israel Sentiment Expressed Through False Friendship
Smokescreening, the false pretense of friendship toward Israel, is a common practice. Practitioners include US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, former US president Barack Obama,...
In a ‘Judas’ Effigy in Poland, a Deadly Antisemitic Trope Persists
JNS.org - When I worked for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) more than a decade ago, relations between the Polish government and the Jewish community worldwide...
Sarah Halimi’s Antisemitic Murderer Disappears Behind a Smokescreen
JNS.org - During the prosecution of Jared Lee Loughner -- the shooter sentenced to life imprisonment for the January 2011 murder of six people and...
The Multiple Faces of Whitewashing Antisemitism
Major cases of antisemitism are usually accompanied by a variety of whitewashing statements. Yet this whitewashing is rarely looked at as a widespread and multi-faceted...
The Pervasive Antisemitism in Dutch Soccer Stadiums
“My father served with the commandos, my mother was with the SS. Together they burned Jews, because Jews burn best.” This is the text of one...
