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Second Mass Grave Of Jewish Holocaust Victims Discovered In Romania

(JTA) — A second mass grave of Jews killed by Romanian troops during World War II was discovered in northeast 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. In 2010, a mass grave containing 16 bodies…

By Marcy Oster Jul 3, 2019 | < 1 min read
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London Jewish Man Chased By Knife-Wielding Attacker Yelling Anti-Semitic Slurs

An Orthodox Jewish man in London was forced to flee from a knife-wielding attacker who threatened to “behead” him on Monday, The Evening Standard reported. The Jewish man was walking to work in the Whitechapel district of east London when he was accosted by a stranger who allegedly called him a “f***** Jew” before pulling…

By Alexandra Wells Jul 3, 2019 | < 1 min read
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Bleak View Of European Jewry’s Future Shared At Holocaust Event

(JTA) – At a Holocaust commemoration event at the European Parliament, Jewish community leaders outlined an unusually pessimistic view of European Jewry’s present and future resulting from anti-Semitism. The ceremony Wednesday at the European Parliament’s annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day event was the first such event in which European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor raised…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Jan 23, 2019 | < 1 min read
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British Bank To Divest From Israeli Arms Maker Over ‘Human Rights’ Issues

(JTA) — Europe’s largest bank, the London-based HSBC, said it will divest from Israeli defense contractor Elbit over “human rights” issues. HSBC sources confirmed to the Jerusalem Post that the bank, said to be the seventh largest financial institution in the world, had divested from Elbit, one of Israel’s largest defense companies, the newspaper reported…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Dec 28, 2018 | < 1 min read
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It’s Not Just Jews. Let’s Remember The Other People Europeans Love To Hate

Some years ago, I was discussing the history of Jews in Poland with a Polish academic. He pointed out to me that while anti-Semitism has certain unique characteristics, in pre-war Poland it was part of a web of inter-ethnic conflicts that also included Ukrainians, Lithuanians, and Germans, to name a few. Timothy Snyder makes a…

By Gordon Haber Dec 13, 2018 | 3 min read
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CNN Poll In Europe Shows How Little People Know About The Holocaust

(JTA) — In a poll conducted among 7,092 adults in seven European countries, 28 percent of respondents said that Jews are too influential, and a third said they have no substantial knowledge of the Holocaust. The CNN poll, by ComRes, on anti-Semitism was performed in September in Britain, France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Sweden and Austria,…

By JTA Nov 27, 2018 | < 1 min read
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23% Of Brits ‘Unwilling’ To Have A Jew In The Family

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Nearly a quarter of British respondents to a poll on attitudes to minorities in Western Europe said they would be unwilling to accept Jews as family members. The Pew Research Center’s report titled “Being Christian in Western Europe” was published Wednesday and contains results from interviews with more than 24,000 randomly selected…

By JTA May 30, 2018 | < 1 min read
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European Countries Condemn U.S. Embassy Move

European countries condemned Monday’s move of the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said in a statement that the move “is inflaming already a very tense situation, and the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians.” “We don’t consider it a wise decision to move the embassy,”…

By Haley Cohen May 14, 2018 | < 1 min read

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Second Mass Grave Of Jewish Holocaust Victims Discovered In Romania

London Jewish Man Chased By Knife-Wielding Attacker Yelling Anti-Semitic Slurs

Bleak View Of European Jewry’s Future Shared At Holocaust Event

British Bank To Divest From Israeli Arms Maker Over ‘Human Rights’ Issues

It’s Not Just Jews. Let’s Remember The Other People Europeans Love To Hate

CNN Poll In Europe Shows How Little People Know About The Holocaust

23% Of Brits ‘Unwilling’ To Have A Jew In The Family

European Countries Condemn U.S. Embassy Move

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