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anti-Semitism in the Netherlands
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
A man waving a Palestinian flag smashed the windows of the HaCarmel kosher restaurant in Amsterdam, December 7, 2017. (Ginopress B.V./AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
December 23, 2017, 5:25 am
Why Dutch Jews are up in arms over the handling of a kosher restaurant attack
The glaring absence of hate crime charges riles a community who fear a power grab from far-right anti-Islamist parties capitalizing on the weak response
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jan Tollenaere during his interview with Canvas on the children of Nazi collaborators (Courtesy/Canvas VRT)
December 15, 2017, 8:08 pm
Dutch professor questions Holocaust on TV, calls Jews ‘parasites’
Son of notorious Nazi collaborator says Jews 'are not a nice people, I don’t feel any warmth toward them'
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The exterior of the HaCarmel restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Google Maps)
December 14, 2017, 9:48 am
Amsterdam kosher eatery assailant is reportedly ex-fighter from Syria
Damascus-born Saleh Ali released from custody; hasn't been charged with a hate crime, only vandalism and theft
By JTA
The exterior of the HaCarmel restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Google Maps)
December 9, 2017, 10:58 am
Palestinian who vandalized Amsterdam kosher eatery says it’s not about Jerusalem
Man says he was protesting 'the miserable reality in Palestine,' but denies being anti-Semitic or reacting to Trump's decision
By JTA
US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Jerusalem as US Vice President Mike Pence looks on in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 6, 2017. (Madel Ngan/AFP)
December 8, 2017, 9:53 am
Swedish state TV ties Trump’s Jerusalem recognition to ‘Jewish lobby’
Public broadcaster apologizes for show asserting lobby 'incredibly strong,' after viewers complained it was anti-Semitic
By JTA
Former Dutch prime minister Dries van Agt (CC BY Heden en verleden in het Torentje, Wikimedia Commons)
December 1, 2017, 10:48 pm
Dutch Jews say former prime minister peddles anti-Semitism
Dries van Agt, who heads the pro-Palestinian group The Rights Forum, once cited his 'Aryan' roots when planning to pardon four Nazi war criminals
By JTA
A Kristallnacht commemoration at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, November 9, 2016. (Courtesy of Jonet.nl)
November 9, 2017, 6:13 pm
Dutch anti-Semitism watchdog outraged by anti-Israel Kristallnacht speakers
Ex-PM Dries van Agt, who has compared Israel to Nazi Germany, will address main memorial ceremony; that's 'insane,' says one critic
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Former Dutch prime minister Dries van Agt (CC BY Heden en verleden in het Torentje, Wikimedia Commons)
October 31, 2017, 4:40 am
Dutch ex-PM uses Nazi-era word to describe Palestinian arrests
Jewish leader slams use of term by Dries van Agt, a pro-Palestinian activist who in 2012 said Jews should have 'gotten a piece of land in Germany'
By JTA
In this Nov. 29, 1998 file photo, Lazio fans display banners from the stands reading "Auschwitz is Your Homeland. The Ovens are Your Homes" during a Serie A match between Lazio and AS Roma, at Rome's Olympic stadium. Lazio fans have a long history of racism and anti-Semitism but the Roman club's supporters established a new low on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017 when they littered the Stadio Olimpico with superimposed images of Anne Frank _ the young diarist who died in the Holocaust _ wearing a Roma jersey. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri,)
October 25, 2017, 4:22 am
Europe has a ‘Jewish’ soccer team problem
Supporters of teams like England's Tottenham Hotspur, or the Netherlands' Ajax, often self-identify as Jewish, while their rivals adopt anti-Semitism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Protesters in Paris demonstrating against a new Israeli settlement in the West Bank, April 1, 2017. (Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
May 21, 2017, 1:26 am
In Western Europe, Israel went from darling to divisive in 50 years
A vulnerable Jewish state in 1967 garnered widespread support on the Continent. Today's strong and viable country is highly criticized -- but not in Russia
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Supporters of the French far-right National Front (FN) party wave French flags during a campaign rally of the party's candidate for the presidential election, on February 26, 2017 at the Zenith de Nantes venue in Saint-Herblain. (AFP Photo/Jean-Francois Monier)
May 3, 2017, 2:11 am
Did I just climb aboard the Titanic?
He's a Jew who became an EU citizen at a time when tolerance is going out of style
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Protesters sing songs and chant slogans outside the Dutch Consulate on March 12, 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
March 15, 2017, 8:48 am
In Turkey-Netherlands row, a foreboding sign for Jews
Escalating crisis underlines growing concern over a minority of local Muslims whose anti-Semitic attitudes are generating a backlash in a once-tolerant society
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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