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Swedish minister, daughter of Haifa Palestinian, wears Star of David at election debate
Sweden’s Liberal Party leader and Minister of Education and Integration Simona Mohamsson wears a Star of David as she takes part in a pre-election debate in Sweden on August 17, 2026 (Screencapture/YouTube)
By ToI Staff
Liberal Party leader Simona Mohamsson says she chose to wear Jewish symbol on behalf of Jewish children who cannot, amid surge in Swedish antisemitism; she's subject to torrent of online hate afterwards
Aerial view of the excavation area and the Great Synagogue of Vilna (Rytis Tamulynas, Vilna Great Synagogue and Shulhoyf Research Project)
August 4, 2026, 10:22 pm
Buried for 70 years, Vilna’s Great Synagogue reveals heart of pre-WWII Jewish community
First-ever excavation of prayer house, which served as spiritual center of Lithuanian Jewry before being destroyed by Nazis and Soviets, uncovers platform for reading Torah and other remains
By Zev Stub
A panel discussion at the Conference of European Rabbis, January 27, 2026 (D.V.A. Productions)
February 13, 2026, 9:46 am
European rabbis bemoan antisemitism, brainstorm sustainability at Jerusalem confab
Shifted from Baku due to security concerns, conference hosts 300 Orthodox leaders who see mounting challenges amid communal survival on the Continent after Oct. 7
By Zev Stub
The Swissotel in Sarajevo, Bosnia. (Google Maps)
June 13, 2025, 2:26 pm
Meeting of European rabbis in Sarajevo canceled after anti-Israel pressure
Bosnian minister says conference ‘a message of legitimization of the occupation and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people’; Swissotel cites security concerns
By Shira Li Bartov
French TV host Cyril Hanouna attends a session before the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the allocation of TV frequencies, at the National Assembly in Paris on March 14, 2024. (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)
April 29, 2025, 10:31 pm
Jewish far-right TV host in France rules out possible presidential run
After teasing listeners of his radio show earlier this week, and the publication of his purported manifesto, Cyril Hanouna declares speculation ‘an excellent prank,’ all a PR stunt
By Stuart Williams
Incoming German Education Minister Karin Prien arrives for a federal committee meeting of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, on April 28, 2025 in Berlin. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
April 29, 2025, 7:15 pm
New German government to include first-ever Jewish woman minister
Karin Prien, currently an education minister at the state level and spokesperson for her party’s Jewish Forum, is only second Jewish federal minister appointed since end of WWII
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators sing the French national anthem as they take part in a gathering in support of Arié Engelberg, the rabbi of Orléans, on March 25, 2025, after he was attacked. (JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP)
April 24, 2025, 5:00 pm
Teenager in France sentenced to 16 months in prison for attacking rabbi
Moroccan 16-year-old, who arrived in France less than a year ago, ‘expressed no remorse’ during closed-door trial in juvenile court, say Jewish leaders in Orléans
By AFP
Passengers look at a departure board at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, as flights are canceled and delayed because of a massive surprise attack by Hamas, on October 7, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
March 20, 2025, 2:58 pm
Study: Nearly a million Israelis live abroad, changing the face of European Jewry
While most live in the US, Europe is now home to some 30% of Israelis abroad, bringing ‘significant transformation’ to local communities, Institute for Jewish Policy Research says
By Zev Stub
Members of the Bricha descendants group pose at the Bad Reichenhall army base, which was turned into a Jewish DP camp called Camp Tikwah. (Courtesy)
January 27, 2025, 9:30 pm
Descendants retrace Holocaust survivors’ treacherous, covert journey to pre-state Israel
Children of Jews who secretly traveled to the Jewish homeland with the ‘Bricha’ movement, some of whom were born along the way, revisit the long route and uncover buried histories
By Bernard Dichek
An illustrative photo of electric fences with concrete posts and insulators surrounding the barracks where deportees where held at the Auschwitz concentration and death camp established by the Nazis. (Jack Guez/AFP)
October 30, 2024, 8:59 pm
New memorials honor hundreds of Jews murdered at little-known Nazi labor camp in Poland
Relatives of Holocaust survivors joined by Israeli and US envoys to mark unveiling of site at Adampol, where Jews were used as slave labor and massacred
By Vanessa Gera
Hillel attendees in Berlin build a sukkah. (Debi Simon for Hillel Deutschland/ via JTA)
October 16, 2024, 2:11 pm
Despite record post-Oct. 7 antisemitism, European Jews are out and proud this Sukkot
From Milan to Warsaw, Jewish communities are building huts and brandishing the four species as usual — with a little bit of extra protection
By Mati Wagner
The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated with the flag of Israel in Berlin, Germany, October 7, 2024, to mark the one-year anniversary of Hamas's October 7 massacre in Israel. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
October 8, 2024, 2:19 am
European leaders mourn victims, decry surge in antisemitism at Oct. 7 commemorations
Israeli flag projected onto Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, Eiffel Tower goes dark to remember victims of Hamas massacre; several arrested at anti-Israel rally in Amsterdam
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Women enter a Jewish restaurant thought to have been targeted in a foiled Iranian-backed attack, in central Athens, Greece, March 28, 2023. (Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP)
October 6, 2024, 5:00 am
Foiled attack on Chabad Athens offers glimpse into Iran’s anti-Jewish terror plots
Since 2020, Islamic Republic is thought to be behind at least 33 thwarted kidnappings and murders of officials, Jewish and Israeli targets in West — likely an undercount
By Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart
Mercedes Abitbol, 51, proudly wears her 'chai' necklace in the streets of Andorra, where she was born and has lived her whole life. (Larry Luxner/ JTA)
July 27, 2024, 12:04 pm
An unofficial synagogue and virtually no antisemitism: Meet Andorra’s tiny Jewish community
The microstate between Spain and France has warm relations with Israel, and while its 73 Jews pray in a community center they can’t call a temple, they feel right at home
By Larry Luxner
Photographers watch Jewish people and supporters blow shofars and whistles in London, March 10, 2024 to show solidarity with the hostages held in Gaza by terror groups since October 7.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
July 22, 2024, 10:23 am
Israel a much higher priority for European Jewish leaders after Oct. 7, survey shows
Supporting the Jewish state rose from 14th to 5th in importance in a poll of hundreds of community heads from 32 countries
By Canaan Lidor
A German police officer stands guard in front of a synagogue in Frankfurt, Germany, on November 8, 2023. (Michael Probst/AP)
July 11, 2024, 11:55 am
Poll: 96% of Jews in 13 EU countries say they experience antisemitism in daily life
Jews ‘more frightened than ever’ since Oct. 7, warns Fundamental Rights Agency, after its third antisemitism survey finds most respondents feel less safe, especially in France
By Canaan Lidor and AFP
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