Europe
Britain’s Labour Party tries to define anti-Semitism
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — It's been nearly three years since Jeremy Corbyn became the leader of Britain’s Labour Party,...
Israeli wrestler ‘The Chutzpah’ is a fan fave in Europe
By CNAAN LIPHZHIZ (JTA) — Like many Israelis visiting Europe, Lior Brooks is keenly aware of his compatriots’ reputation abroad...
These Dutch Holocaust survivors have been madly in love for 70 years
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ AMSTERDAM (JTA) — More than 70 years have passed since Meijer van der Sluis first laid eyes...
In the Netherlands, a pro-Israel activist dates a far-left celebrity
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Like many young intellectual couples their age, Anne Fleur Dekker and Paul van der...
Hungary, the Jews and the ‘Viktator’
After Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party won Hungary’s 2014 parliamentary elections, they erected a “Memorial to the Victims of...
In Hungary’s election, the far right scores even as an extremist party fizzles
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) -- The extremist Jobbik party may have come up short in Sunday's election in Hungary, but...
Austria hosts a five-day conference on anti-Semitism
Europe’s largest conference on anti-Semitism was a challenging undertaking with a far-right party in the government. By CNAAN LIPSHIZ VIENNA...
Minyanim: Reviving Judaism in Hungary
Tomi Büchler co-founded and helps lead Minyanim, an initiative to develop the next generation of European Jewish leaders By MORDECAI...
Poland wants to ban the term ‘Polish death camps’
There are historical inaccuracies on both sides of the debate regarding identifying death camps By CNAAN LIPSHIZ (JTA) — The...
A propaganda film shot in Westerbork
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ WESTERBORK, Netherlands (JTA) — Nothing about the footage that Rudolf Breslauer filmed here on May 30, 1944,...
