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anti-Semitism in the Netherlands
A monument to Dutch Jews who perished in the Holocaust in Hoogezand, Netherlands. (Public domain/Wikipedia)
June 13, 2018, 5:36 pm
Anti-Semitic vandals hit shop in Italy, Holocaust monuments in France, Holland
Car torched outside barber in Turin, plaque taken from French school, swastikas daubed at Dutch memorial site
By JTA
A Jewish monument to Dutch Jews who perished in the Holocaust in Hoogezand, Netherlands. (Screen capture/Google Street View)
June 11, 2018, 4:41 pm
Swastikas found daubed on Dutch Jewish monument to Holocaust victims
Authorities 'dumbfounded' by vandalism next to train station in Hoogezand, where almost all local Jews were sent to their death during WWII
By Michael Bachner
A photo taken on December 7, 2017, shows the damaged storefront of kosher Jewish restaurant HaCarmel in Amsterdam. (GINOPRESS B.V./AFP/Getty Images)
May 24, 2018, 6:35 pm
Targeting of Jews in the Netherlands hits a 5-year high
41% of 144 confirmed criminal offenses involving xenophobia were directed against Jewish people, Dutch Public Prosecution Service says, near double the number for 2016
By JTA
A Dutch parody of Israel's Eurovision winning song "Toy" that has been accused of being anti-Semitic (Screen capture/YouTube)
May 22, 2018, 7:43 pm
Dutch TV says Eurovision Israel spoof not meant to be anti-Semitic
Sketch 'questions Israel's policy and is emphatically not an indictment against the Jewish community,' BNNVARA says after Israel lodges formal protest
By Michael Bachner
Original Anne Frank Chestnut Tree. (CC BY huliana90212, Wikimedia Commons)
May 22, 2018, 5:45 pm
Sapling from Anne Frank’s tree twice cut down in Holland park
Vandals attack offshoot of chestnut tree mentioned in Holocaust diary and steal commemorative plaque
By JTA
A Dutch parody of Israel's Eurovision winning song "Toy" that has been accused of being anti-Semitic (Screencapture/YouTube)
May 22, 2018, 4:55 pm
Israel protests ‘disgraceful’ Dutch TV sketch accused of anti-Semitism
Ambassador says public broadcaster 'crossed a line' with spoof of Eurovision winner that 'referred to money in the old anti-Jewish way'
By Michael Bachner
A Dutch parody of Israel's Eurovision winning song "Toy" that has been accused of being anti-Semitic (Screencapture/YouTube)
May 22, 2018, 1:49 am
Dutch state TV accused of anti-Semitism in Israeli Eurovision song spoof
Parody starts off criticizing Israel for its treatment of Palestinians, devolves into anti-Semitic cliches about Jews and money
By JTA
Michael Jacobs protesting BDS demonstrators in Amsterdam, November 17, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
May 19, 2018, 8:45 am
Not so ‘harmless’ activist trolls anti-Israel protesters daily in Amsterdam
Draped in an Israeli flag, Michael Jacobs has spent the last two years confronting BDS supporters, and has been arrested more than a dozen times
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders of the PVV party speaks to his supporters during a PVV demonstration against the policy of Prime Minister and his cabinet in Rotterdam, on January 20, 2018. (AFP/ANP/Robin Utrecht)
May 17, 2018, 6:49 am
Far-right Dutch lawmaker Wilders appeals discrimination ruling
Firebrand opposition leader back in court to fight conviction for 'inflammatory' rally against Moroccans during a 2014 election campaign
By JO BIDDLE
Jan Keulen, director of Dutch pro-Palestinian group The Rights Forum, in 2013. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 14, 2018, 11:27 pm
Palestinian rights body calls Dutch Jews’ umbrella group ‘pro-occupation lobby’
After Central Jewish Board accuses it of tolerating anti-Semitism, The Rights Forum claims widely accepted definition of term is 'politicized'
By JTA
Monument for 1239 Jewish victims from Utrecht. (CC BY-SA Kattiel, Wikimedia Commons)
May 9, 2018, 11:27 pm
Blood and mud poured on Netherlands Holocaust monument
Memorial to more than 1,200 Jews deported to their deaths from Utrecht defaced day after Memorial Day
By JTA
A view of Amsterdam (CC BY-SA Swimmerguy269/Wikipedia)
May 5, 2018, 2:04 pm
Dutch cop requests removal of Holocaust memorial sign, cites Israeli actions
Bookshop owner says he ignored request by policeman: 'Would you mind taking that off, because Israel launched an attack'
By JTA
A cartoon published by Dutch newspaper Volkskrant in April 2018, depicting an IDF soldier shooting a Palestinian on the Gaza Border and spelling "Happy birthday to me," a reference to Israels Independence Day. (Courtesy: Simon Wiesenthal Center)
April 23, 2018, 8:41 pm
Dutch newspaper slammed for ‘anti-Semitic’ cartoon on Gaza protests
Simon Wiesenthal Center says image of IDF slaughtering Palestinians to celebrate Israel's 70th anniversary will encourage Hamas terror, anti-Jewish sentiment in Holland
By Michael Bachner
Anne Frank House employee Barry Vingerling. (Facebook)
April 15, 2018, 3:04 am
Anne Frank House employee says he was barred from wearing kippa
Barry Vingerling says management told him religious symbols were not in line with museum's 'neutrality' efforts, relented after six months
By TOI staff
Denk party leaders Selcuk Ozturk, left, and Tunahan Kuzu, posing in The Hague, the Netherlands, on February 23, 2017. (Bart Maat/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
March 10, 2018, 3:54 am
Dutch Muslim party won’t join Amsterdam coalition against anti-Semitism
Denk refuses to sign document saying Jew hatred should be fought and that city should help fund security for Jews
By JTA
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