(JTA) — A 17-year-old Danish girl charged with planning to bomb two schools in Denmark, including a Jewish one, allegedly was inspired by the terrorist who killed a security guard at a Copenhagen synagogue in 2015. A Danish prosecutor alleged last month that the teen looked up to the 2015 synagogue gunman, Omar El-Hussein, according…
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Two winning Israeli mixed martial arts fighters donned Jewish ritual fringes and kippahs following their victory in a competition in Israel. Elazar Tariku and Almog Shay are both observant Jews who wear traditional Jewish garb in daily life. As each of their victories were announced on Nov. 11, with the referee…
— The four Danish citizens accused of assisting the gunman in two deadly attacks in Copenhagen last year, including one outside a Copenhagen synagogue that left a Jewish security guard dead, were acquitted. The Danish court on Tuesday found that the actions of the four men were “not of such a character that the actions…
Four Danish buses that had recently removed pro-Palestinian ads were destroyed in a suspected arson attack. The buses were found burning early Friday morning at a Copenhagen bus station, BBC News reported. Danish police say a fifth bus was found with anti-Israel graffiti. Police are investigating a possible link to the city’s transit department decision…
A Danish pro-Palestinian group will step up its campaign to label goods produced in Jewish settlements after its ads were dropped from public buses. Fathi el-Abed, the chairman of the Danish Palestinian Friendship Association, vowed that his group will continue to urge Danes to boycott West Bank settlement goods. Last week Movia, the public transportation…
A Jewish deli and kosher supermarket in Copenhagen was vandalized. A window of the store was smashed and anti-Semitic epithets were scrawled on the wall, including “Jewish pigs,” The Local reported, citing the Berlingske Tidende newspaper. The attack, which was discovered on Thursday at Slagter & Delikatesse, comes less than two months after a terror…
More than 1,000 people formed a peace ring around a Copenhagen synagogue that came under deadly attack last month. Muslim, Jewish and Christian participants held hands and called for peace during the display of solidarity at the central Copenhagen shul, or Krystalgade Synagogue, on Saturday afternoon, according to reports. On Feb. 14, a volunteer Jewish…
Danish Muslims can create a peace ring around a Copenhagen synagogue that came under a deadly attack, the city’s police said after originally refusing the request. The peace ring is scheduled to take place on Saturday at the central Copenhagen shul, or Krystalgade Synagogue. On Feb. 14, a volunteer Jewish security guard, Dan Uzan, was…
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