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anti-Semitism in Sweden
Isabel Pereira was kicked off Sweden's Big Brother reality show after she declared "I hate Jews." (Screenshot)
February 14, 2020, 11:24 pm
Sweden sees anti-Semitism rise as ‘Big Brother’ contestants confess Jew hatred
Two reality TV show participants show get booted for anti-Jewish statements, another has history of neo-Nazi support, as leaders cite growing threat to community of 20,000
By Josefin Dolsten
An exhibit on Nazism at the Norrköping City Museum in Sweden. A bag emblazoned with a Star of David and containing soap and anti-Semitic literature was found outside the museum on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Screen capture: Sveriges Television)
January 31, 2020, 8:25 pm
Bag with Star of David, soap left outside Swedish Holocaust exhibit
Anti-Semitic literature also in sack found outside museum in city of Norrköping on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
By Cnaan Liphshiz
In this March 3, 2010 photo, the secured doors of the Jewish community center in central Malmo, Sweden are shown. (AP Photo/Pamela Juhl)
November 28, 2019, 10:19 pm
Sweden’s Malmo allocates $2 million to protect its Jewish community
City is known as a hotbed of anti-Semitism, with dozens of anti-Jewish incidents reported annually
By Marcy Oster
A Yello star sticker on a Jewish grave in Denmark on Nov. 10, 2019. (Courtesy of Rabbi Yitzi Loewenthal via JTA)
November 11, 2019, 12:33 am
On Kristallnacht anniversary, yellow stars placed at Jewish sites in Scandinavia
Stickers found on homes of Jews, a synagogue, gravestones and a café in Sweden and Denmark; authorities investigating incidents as hate crimes
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Police arrive after a synagogue was attacked in Gothenburg, Sweden, December 9, 2017. (Adam Ihse/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 5, 2019, 4:20 am
Anti-Semitic hate crimes in Sweden rise by 53% to all-time high
Swedish Jews suffered 280 attacks in 2018; overall, number of racist assaults in country jumps 69% since 2016
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative image of a circumcision. (yoglimogli, iStock by Getty Images)
October 3, 2019, 7:06 pm
Jews join fight against Swedish party’s call to ban circumcisions
After Center Party votes to back legislation barring practice, Jewish leader warns ‘it will be completely impossible to live as a Jew or a Muslim in Sweden’
By TOI staff
A view of central Helsingborg, Sweden. (CC BY Lars Lundqvist, Flickr)
September 4, 2019, 1:05 am
Swedish imam fined for calling Jews the ‘offspring of apes and pigs’
Samir el Rifai of Helsingborg to pay $305 for hate speech after making comment following Israel’s 2017 closure of Temple Mount due to terror attack
By JTA and TOI staff
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 26, 2019, 3:12 am
Malmo’s Jewish community warns it could disappear by 2029 over security fears
Officials say Swedish authorities reluctant to fund security needs in wake of continuing anti-Semitic attacks
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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
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 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
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