Posts Tagged: Europe Jews
Examining Belgian Antisemitism
Though antisemitism in Belgium is widespread and has many facets, it gets little international attention. Two current issues have temporarily changed this, at least somewhat....
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...
The Persistence of European Antisemitism
The fight against antisemitism on the international level continues to be characterized by restraint combined with ignorance -- a potentially deadly combination. European hand-wringing and...
Antisemitism Is Alive and Well in Europe — If It Ever Left
Saying that antisemitism is integral to European culture does not make one popular in Europe. This does not change if one notes that articulating this...
The Crimes of the Dutch: A Lesson in Hypocrisy
The Netherlands is a profoundly hypocritical society. To prove such a statement in detail would require a lengthy book. But one possible shortcut to support...
Survey Confirms That Antisemitism Is an Integral Part of European Culture
Branded as the largest survey ever on antisemitism, the Fundamental Rights Agency just released its study on antisemitism in 12 European Union countries titled. The...
After Antisemitic Attacks, Are Jews Safer in the East Than the West?
JNS.org - The October attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh put a renewed spotlight on antisemitism in the United States, which has...
When Will Europe Get Serious About Antisemitism?
The new CNN survey of attitudes towards Jews in seven countries -- Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Poland, and Sweden -- raises profound concerns....
Sweden’s Antisemitism Problem
Jews in Sweden account for less than 0.2% of the population, but issues concerning them vary between negative and highly negative. The naive observer may...
An International View of the Pittsburgh Murders
The killing of 11 Jews at an American synagogue has now inserted itself into a sequence of other murders targeting Jews and their institutions in...
‘Antisemitism Upholds White Supremacy’
JNS.org - On a sunny afternoon last Tuesday in Pittsburgh, about 200 demonstrators gathered outside the JCC in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, a short distance...
Universalism, Particularism, and Enduring Antisemitism
Antisemitism is the world’s oldest hatred. This hatred has been justified on religious, economic, political, and social grounds. A cogent philosophical theory of antisemitism is...
Why Did Nearly 40 Percent of Norwegians Compare Israelis to Nazis?
Not long ago, a poll taken in Norway showed that 38 percent of Norwegians actually believe that Israel treats the Palestinians like the Nazis treated Jews. Around...
Berlin Falafel Wars: A Microcosm of Changing Sentiment Towards Jews in Germany?
JNS.org - A small protest in Germany’s capital city on August 11 revealed a cross-section of national attitudes towards Jews and Israel, and perhaps a...
