anti-Semitism in Sweden

Illustrative: In this March 3, 2010 photo, a man sits behind a glassed-in reception area of the high security Jewish community center located in central Malmo, Sweden. (AP Photo/Pamela Juhl)

June 22, 2019, 3:35 am

Philanthropists donate $4 million for Jewish community security in Malmo

Lennart Blecher, who is Jewish, and Dan Olofsson, who is not, say they want to give support at a time when Swedish politicians don’t want to do anything

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, left, of the Social Democrats, Swedish Prime Minister and Social Democratic Party leader Stefan Loefven, center, and Roko Kursar of The Liberals give a joint press conference on May 24, 2019 in Malmo, Sweden, announcing the country will hold an international conference against anti-Semitism in 2020. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP)

May 24, 2019, 4:20 pm

Sweden to host international conference against anti-Semitism

Gathering of world leaders to be held in 2020, 75 years after Auschwitz liberated; Swedish PM: ‘Anti-Semitism isn’t only a Jewish problem, it is a poison for all of society’

By AFP

New Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven addresses the press after his government declaration at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, on October 3, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson)

May 22, 2019, 6:31 pm

Swedish PM vows to outlaw neo-Nazi groups, boost security for Jews

Following query by World Jewish Congress, Stefan Lofven condemns anti-Semitic marches in country, says ‘Jewish life is an integral part of Swedish society’

By TOI staff

Police gather evidence at the scene of a stabbing in the Swedish city of Helsingborg in which a Jewish woman was reportedly seriously injured, May 14, 2019. (Screen capture: Aftonbladet)

May 17, 2019, 12:59 pm

Stabbing of Jewish woman in Sweden ‘not about religion,’ says suspect’s mom

Man said to commit attack amid psychiatric crisis, was released from institution a day prior; prosecutor says understands Israeli concern over reports suspected attacker is Muslim

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Screen capture from video of Swedish police at the scene where a Jewish woman was stabbed in Helsingborg, May 14, 2019. (Screenshot from Aftonbladet via JTA)

May 15, 2019, 10:26 am

Man arrested in Denmark for stabbing Jewish woman in Sweden

Tuesday assault, which is feared to have been motivated by anti-Semitism, left victim in critical condition

By TOI staff

A view of central Helsingborg, Sweden. (CC BY Lars Lundqvist, Flickr)

May 15, 2019, 5:32 am

Brutal attack on Swedish woman sends shiver through tiny Jewish community

Stabbing in Helsingborg shines light on southern Sweden, where anti-Semitic incidents outpace other regions despite relatively small number of Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz

May 14, 2019, 10:53 pm

Sweden stabbing attack feared to be anti-Semitic

Rivlin condemns knifing in Helsingborg that left wife of local Jewish leader critically wounded: ‘Once again, Jews in Europe are in danger’

By TOI staff

The Living History Forum in Stockholm, February 27, 2019. (Jonathan NACKSTRAND/ AFP)

March 5, 2019, 2:42 pm

Teaching the Holocaust to young refugee ‘new Swedes’

Several organizations, and a foundation started by late author Stieg Larsson, are taking on the challenge of helping students and teachers fight anti-Semitism

By Camille BAS-WOHLERT and Gaël BRANCHEREAU

New Karolinska Solna University Hospital can be seen under construction in December 2016. (Wikipedia / Holger.Ellgaard / CC BY-SA)

November 15, 2018, 8:51 pm

Swedish hospital official quits over alleged anti-Semitic bullying by surgeon

Resignation of department head at Karolinska University Hospital comes after Simon Wiesenthal Center said complaints by Jewish employees were ignored

By JTA

November 1, 2018, 6:41 pm

Swedish surgeon accused of bullying Jewish employees

Simon Wiesenthal Center says Karolinska University Hospital near Stockholm, which awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine, has failed to act on complaints

By JTA

Rabbi Berel Lazar at his office in Moscow, February 5, 2018. (Ariel Schnabel)

October 20, 2018, 12:16 am

Chabad leader accuses Sweden of ‘persecuting’ couple who home-school their kids

Berel Lazar, one of Russia’s two chief rabbis, cites heavy fines imposed on Jewish family amid a decades-long legal dispute with authorities

By JTA

Historic center of Lund, Sweden, October 21, 2017 (RPBMedia/iStock by Getty)

October 10, 2018, 5:43 pm

Swedish Jewish politician’s house burned in suspected anti-Semitic attack

Victim had been previously subject to hate crime; incident is the second arson attack this year on home of someone ‘active on Jewish issues’; no suspects arrested

By JTA

Illustrative image of a circumcision (yoglimogli, iStock by Getty Images))

October 4, 2018, 5:13 pm

Swedish far-right party submits motion calling for circumcision ban

Sweden Democrats says nonmedical use of procedure is ‘backward’ child abuse and infringement of child’s integrity and self-determination

By JTA

Supporters of the far-right Sweden Democrats party react to exit polls in Stockholm on September 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/TT News Agency/Anders Wiklund)

September 28, 2018, 9:54 pm

Swedish far-right party calls to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Proposal was submitted to parliament by the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats, who became country’s third largest party in recent elections

By JTA

September 27, 2018, 4:12 am

Swedish officials shutter Malmo’s only kosher meat shop, citing health reasons

Authorities say the Jewish community is not licensed to import food products, but Sweden bans kosher slaughter

By JTA