The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/danish-jews/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:09:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Danish Jews | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/danish-jews/ 32 32 Denmark records third straight year of historically high antisemitism https://www.timesofisrael.com/denmark-records-third-straight-year-of-historically-high-antisemitism/ Fri, 08 May 2026 17:15:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3819341 Jewish community of some 6,000 reports 199 antisemitic incidents - prior to Oct. 7 there were around 7 per year; 24 incidents recorded against Jewish kids and teens, 3 of them violent

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]]> Despite record post-Oct. 7 antisemitism, European Jews are out and proud this Sukkot https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-record-post-oct-7-antisemitism-european-jews-are-out-and-proud-this-sukkot/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:11:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3398517 From Milan to Warsaw, Jewish communities are building huts and brandishing the four species as usual -- with a little bit of extra protection

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]]> Post-October 7 antisemitism in Denmark at highest level since WWII https://www.timesofisrael.com/post-october-7-antisemitism-in-denmark-at-highest-level-since-wwii/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:42:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3230287 All 121 recorded incidents of antisemitism were 'Jew-hatred and not just criticism of Israel,' says leader of 7,000-strong Danish Jewish community

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]]> From Auschwitz to Iftar: Danish Muslim-Jewish biker club revs up interfaith dialogue https://www.timesofisrael.com/from-auschwitz-to-iftar-danish-muslim-jewish-biker-club-revs-up-interfaith-dialogue/ Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:42:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2868563 Uniting over a common love of motorcycles, members of MuJu & Co. hit the road to fight bigotry, including guarding over a Jewish cemetery in Copenhagen every Kristallnacht

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]]> Former Danish chief rabbi Bent Melchior dies at 92 https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-danish-chief-rabbi-bent-melchior-dies-at-92/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 14:11:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2592530 Son of Marcus Melchior, who helped save Danish Jewry from Nazis, is survived by son former MK Rabbi Michael Melchior; grandsons Jair and Joav, chief rabbis of Denmark and Norway

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]]> Danish neo-Nazi jailed for a year for desecrating over 80 Jewish graves https://www.timesofisrael.com/danish-neo-nazi-jailed-for-a-year-for-desecrating-over-80-jewish-graves/ Sat, 17 Oct 2020 11:07:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2409884 Accomplice yet to be sentenced for attack; pair also vandalized building adorned with two Stars of David, put stickers with logo of neo-Nazi group on rainbow-colored bench

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]]> Scandinavian neo-Nazis circulate anti-Semitic flyers on Yom Kippur https://www.timesofisrael.com/scandinavian-neo-nazis-circulate-anti-semitic-flyers-on-yom-kippur/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:38:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2398248 Far-right extremists carried out coordinated campaign in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland on Jewish holy day, says World Jewish Congress

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]]> Netanyahu thanks Danish prime minister for opposition to circumcision ban https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-thanks-danish-prime-minister-for-opposition-to-circumcision-ban/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 05:57:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2387045 Mette Frederiksen says she is against proposed bill, citing ‘promise made’ to country’s Jews that they will remain a part of the country

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]]> Play depicts new details of alleged Nazi self-sabotage in rescue of Danish Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/play-depicts-new-details-of-alleged-nazi-self-sabotage-in-rescue-of-danish-jews/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 09:12:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1986448 Opening in London next week, playwright Alexander Bodin Saphir's 'Rosenbaum’s Rescue' dramatizes the miraculous overnight escape of Jewish Danes to Sweden

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]]> In Denmark, Rivlin pays tribute to rescue of country’s Jews in 1943 https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-denmark-rivlin-pays-tribute-to-rescue-of-countrys-jews-in-1943/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:24:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1940317 Some 7,200 people, 95% of the country's Jewish population, were smuggled in boats to neutral Sweden ahead of Nazi raids

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]]> Danish Jews recall desperate escape from Nazis, 75 years on https://www.timesofisrael.com/danish-jews-recall-desperate-escape-from-nazis-75-years-on/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:40:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1940245 Daring rescue mission by resistance fighters and local fishermen enabled 7,000 Jews to flee to neighboring Sweden in 1943

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]]> In Denmark, Rivlin honors movement that saved Jews in WWII https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-denmark-rivlin-honors-movement-that-saved-jews-in-wwii/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:57:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1939449 Kicking off visit, president meets survivor who was ferried to Sweden along with thousands in 1943, lays wreath for Danish underground

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]]> Danish Jews re-enact community’s Holocaust flight to Sweden 75 years ago https://www.timesofisrael.com/danish-jews-re-enact-communitys-holocaust-flight-to-sweden-75-years-ago/ Fri, 28 Sep 2018 20:45:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1932933 Dozens mark the rescue of 7,200 Jews by local fishermen, boat operators and Danish underground as Nazis started to move in on the community in October 1943

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]]> As Denmark considers a ban on circumcision, some Jews consider leaving https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-denmark-considers-a-ban-on-circumcision-some-jews-consider-leaving/ Sat, 16 Jun 2018 02:46:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1871517 With parliament weighing new non-binding proposal, many in Jewish community feel caught between Islamist extremism and the xenophobia it triggers in their secularist society

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]]> Danish parliament set to debate proposal to ban circumcision https://www.timesofisrael.com/danish-parliament-set-to-debate-proposal-to-ban-circumcision/ Sat, 02 Jun 2018 05:43:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1862903 Petition calling to outlaw practice gets over 50,000 signatures, forcing a non-binding vote; majority of lawmakers expected to oppose measure

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