Why a secret Danish boat lift 80 years ago still matters today
Between 98-99% of Danish Jews were rescued by their fellow citizens during the Holocaust
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"Courage to Act" at the Museum of Jewish Heritage uses hologram-like videos to recount the escape of 95% of Danish Jews to neutral Sweden
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Film & TV I built the ‘Seinfeld’ apartment from Lego — it nearly broke me
I grew up in a house with a framed cocktail napkin signed by Jerry Seinfeld and every episode of his sitcom taped on VHS. All this is to say that I have a long history of welcoming the man into my home and am pretty familiar with the layout of the “Seinfeld” apartment. That said,…
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Fast Forward Danish parliament to debate bill that would ban non-medical circumcision
(JTA) — The Danish parliament is scheduled to consider a bill proposing a ban on non-medical circumcisions. Henri Goldstein, the president of the Jewish Community in Denmark, says the measure represents “the worst threat since World War II” to the country’s Jews, who traditionally circumcise baby boys on their eighth day of life, a ritual…
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Fast Forward Danish Committee Goes Forth With Draft Resolution Calling To Ban Circumcision
(JTA) — A parliamentary committee in Denmark cleared the path for a nonbinding vote on a text that calls for banning nonmedical circumcision of boys for humanitarian reasons. The Folketingets Administration okayed the text Thursday, stating there were no constitutional obstacles to voting this year on the text of a petition requesting a ban that…
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Breaking News Denmark Debates Banning Circumcision, Spurring Jews To Consider Leaving
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (JTA) — In 2015, a jihadist killed a Jewish guard outside this capital city’s main synagogue, where Hannah Bentow was having her bat mitzvah party. Her sense of security as a Jew in Denmark was shattered, she told JTA last week. Bentow and dozens of teenagers stayed inside for long uncertain minutes as police…
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Fast Forward Danish Ruling Party Risks Split Over Looming Vote To Ban Circumcision
(JTA) — An impending vote in the Danish parliament on non-medical circumcision of boys risks splitting the country’s ruling party, local media are reporting. The internal conflict is over an online petition from February calling for a ban on the practice. The petition has received 92 percent of its authors’ goal of collecting 50,000 cosignatories…
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