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Spain

The long voyage of expelled Sephardic Jews back to Spain

More than 130,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews from all over the world have applied for the Spanish nationality.

Germany

Euroviews. Halle shooting shows that the media needs to work with tech, civil society and government ǀ View

The Daily Mail decided, for presumably commercial and sensationalist reasons, to publish syndicated images of the dead victims, contrary to the prevailing spirit of industry protocols. I found it a surprising, distressing and outrageous editorial decision.

Germany

'We must protect Jewish life' says German president after attack

A gunman livestreamed an anti-Semitic attack outside a German synagogue on Wednesday, leaving two people dead.

Austria

Austria to grant citizenship to descendants of victims of Nazism

Second and third-generation relatives with British nationality have expressed interest in applying for citizenship of the EU country as Brexit looms.

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Poland

Poland's foreign ministry condemns attack on Israeli students

Poland's foreign ministry condemned an attack on Israeli students at a Warsaw nightclub on Saturday.

World News

Government restrictions on religion rising in Europe, Pew study finds

The Pew Research Centre highlighted that although religious restrictions remain higher in the Middle East-North Africa region, the biggest increases over the last decade have been in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa.

World News

Nearly half of young European Jews face antisemitic harassment: study

44% of young Europeans Jews face antisemitic harassment and almost half don't wear clothing identified with their religion because of fears over their safety, a new EU report found.

Cuba

Watch: Cuba's shrunken Jewish population restores historic cemetery

This cemetery, which contains more than 1,600 gravesites, is one of only two Jewish graveyards remaining in Cuba. Many Jewish families left the island after the 1959 revolution, leaving their dead in the care of those who remained.

USA

New trove of father's letters released to mark Anne Frank's 90th birthday

New trove of father's letters released to mark Anne Frank's 90th birthday

World News

Rabbis in Europe request addition of kippah-wearing rabbi

In a letter sent to the Unicode Consortium — a non-profit that approves new emojis — the Conference of European Rabbis said a fight against anti-semitism "starts with the small things", namely a new emoji that could represent the Jewish faith.

Poland

Polish far-right protests against restitution of Jewish property

Polish far-right supporters protested against a US law that calls for the restitution of Jewish property.

USA

Synagogue shooting: Rabbi describes 'heart-wrenching' scene

A worshipper at the California synagogue where a gunman opened fire, killing one woman, has told how he confronted the teenage shooter.

Poland

Polish town slammed over 'atrocious revival of medieval anti-Semitism'

A town in Poland has been criticised after locals beat and burned a Judas effigy that was made to look like a stereotypical Orthodox Jew.

World News

Jewish memorial stone vandalised in Strasbourg

The stone used to lie in a synagogue at the same location which the Nazis burnt down in 1940.

Belarus

Mass grave found in Belarus

Building workers in Belarus have uncovered the remains of almost 800 bodies in a mass grave at a site of a former Jewish ghetto

France

What is anti-semitism and why is it spreading in Europe?

"Anti-Semitism remains pervasive across the EU and has become disturbingly normalised"

United Kingdom

How Brexit is pushing British Jews to apply for German citizenship

Seventy years on from the Holocaust, Brexit is pushing thousands of British Jews to seek a German passport.

Europe News

Lawyers: Defendant in Brussels terror attack should be acquitted

No DNA of Mehdi Nemmouche found on door of Jewish Museum or revolver, they claim

Germany

Berlin hosts Holocaust Survivors Night, recognising the 400,000 survivors still alive

It comes as concerns grow over the rise of anti-semitism in Germany and around Europe.

Netherlands

Holocaust survivors to be compensated by Dutch wartime train operator

More than 100,000 Dutch Jews were killed during the Second World War.