Posts Tagged: European antisemitism
Remembering Manfred Gerstenfeld: Truth Against Myth
JNS.org - There is an acerbic joke that you sometimes hear in the Netherlands to the effect that most Dutch people were part of the...
Report: Germany Committed to Combating BDS, European Antisemitism
JNS.org - Germany has taken the contemporary fight against antisemitism to include a robust stance against the anti-Israel BDS movement, according to a new report...
Study Reveals Widespread European Antisemitic and Anti-Israel Prejudices
JNS.org - Antisemitic and anti-Israel prejudices are widespread throughout Europe, with almost one in four Europeans equating Israelis to Nazis and one in five believing...
Jewish Perceptions of European Antisemitism Are Worryingly Precise
JNS.org - The following quotes are from Jewish citizens of various European countries, gathered during a survey earlier this year on Jewish perceptions of antisemitism that was...
Muslim Extremists Are Main Perpetrators of Antisemitic Violence in Western Europe, Major Norwegian Academic Study Concludes
A newly-published report from a leading Norwegian university on antisemitic violence in Europe has concluded that in six of the seven countries it surveyed, "individuals with...
Dutch Muslim City Councilman Calls Visiting Israeli Students ‘Future Zionists Terrorists, Murderers of Children’
A Muslim city councilman in The Hague recently called Israeli high school students visiting the Netherlands "future Zionist terrorists" and "murders of children," the Center for Information and Documentation...
Over Half of Muslim Migrants in Bavaria Hold Antisemitic Views, New Study Finds
JNS.org - Over half of Muslim migrants residing in the German state of Bavaria "showed clear tendencies of an antisemitic attitude pattern,” according to a new study. "[E]motional...
Responding to the European Crusade Against Jewish Ritual
It comes as no surprise to me that more European countries are trying to make life difficult for Jews in various ways. But, how should...
US Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Greater Oversight on European Antisemitism
JNS.org - The US House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation requiring greater State Department reporting on European antisemitism. The bill, known as the Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of...
French Teen Jailed For Machete Attack on Jewish Teacher
A teenager who attacked a Jewish teacher in France with a machete was sentenced to seven years in jail on Thursday by a French juvenile...
Jewish Identity, Through the Eyes of Benjamin Disraeli
We may think that current political discourse is crude and vicious. But, believe me, beneath a veneer of gentility, politics in the British Empire was...
New Report: Attacks on UK Jewish Students, Faculty Doubled in 2016
Attacks on Jewish university students and faculty in the UK nearly doubled in 2016, according to a report released on Thursday. According to the Community Security Trust (CST)...
Russian Governor Invites Europe’s Persecuted Jews to Resettle in Siberian ‘Jewish State’
The head of Russia's Far East Jewish Autonomous Region in Siberia has invited the Jews of Europe suffering antisemitism to come and resettle in his oblast,...
Jewish London Mayoral Candidate Sees Antisemitic Tweets as Harbinger of Overall Trend in Europe
Conservative London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith said some critics on Twitter accused him of being at the center of a Jewish conspiracy, and pointed to such rhetoric...
