Europe
The global proportion of Jews living in Europe is as low as it was 1,000 years ago. And the future there doesn’t look bright.
“The proportion of Jews residing in Europe is about the same as it was at the time of Benjamin of Tudela, a Jewish medieval traveler, in 1170.”
Dozens of gravestones vandalized in Europe’s oldest surviving Jewish cemetery
Experts are working to figure out how to clean and restore the gravestones in the medieval Jewish cemetery in the German city of Worms.
UK anti-Semitic incidents rise for 4th straight year, reach all-time high
Assaults in a British Jewry watchdog’s report increased by 27%, a record, and Labour Party anti-Semitism accounted for 45% percent of the incidents.
Anti-Semitism’s rise in Europe is more than a far left, far right problem
European anti-Semitism is a hatred with many faces.
In Europe, A Festival Insists That Jewish Culture Is As Important As Ever
“Look, there’s this phenomenal heritage we have here. Let’s not just weep about it: Let’s bring it out into the public.”
Lithuanian Capital’s Last Synagogue Shuts Down
The unprecedented move follows the renaming of a street named for one anti-Semite and the removal of a plaque celebrating another quisling.
Italian Police Find Combat Missile, Nazi Propaganda In Raid Of Far-Right Groups
A plaque bearing “Heil Hitler” was also discovered at the site
Second Mass Grave Of Jewish Holocaust Victims Discovered In Romania
The human remains were found near the village of Popricani, the site of a massacre of Jews carried out by Romanian troops allied with the Nazis.
London Jewish Man Chased By Knife-Wielding Attacker Yelling Anti-Semitic Slurs
The victim, an orthodox Jewish man, is “absolutely traumatized” and unable to return to work.
Bleak View Of European Jewry’s Future Shared At Holocaust Event
Despite efforts to curb the anti-Semitism, one “can no longer ignore that Jews are unsafe walking the streets of Europe.”