Dutch Jews

Dutch Jewish leader tells ‘Post’: ‘If you’re visibly Jewish in Holland, you have a real problem’

Speaking ahead of the EJA’s delegation to Auschwitz, Ellen van Praagh warned there may be no Jewish life in Europe in 20 to 30 years if leaders look away.

|ByALEX CARSON
An evening prayer is held by Jews, Christians and Muslims at the Peace Palace due to the Israeli-Palestinan conflict, in The Hague, Netherlands, October 11 2023.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen in Jerusalem, January 28, 2024

Israel asks ambassador to Netherlands to clarify after public criticism of Smotrich, Ben-Gvir

Vapni called Jewish settler extremists in the West Bank "thugs and terrorists," adding that they all belong in prison.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Protesters attend the "United for Palestine" demonstration in Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2026.

Museum cancels Amersfoort Synagogue’s tricentennial celebration over Israel tensions

The city’s mayor, in the last week, has scrambled to save a planned exhibit on the synagogue after it was canceled, but has not been able to guarantee that it will open as planned early next year.

|ByMICHELE CHABIN/JTA
The suspected 'Portrait of a Lady' in 2025.

Nazi-looted ‘Portrait of a Lady’ to return to Jewish heir after 80 years in Argentina

The painting had been part of the renowned collection of Jacques Goudstikker, one of Europe's leading art dealers before World War II.

|ByYOAV ETIEL

Christian woman who saved Jewish baby during Holocaust honored by Yad Vashem 83 years later

Efraim Kochba (born Ernst Bernard Van Coevorden) was raised in the Netherlands during World War II by parents Ziegfried Fritz and Martha van Coevorden.

AUGUST 12, 2026ByMATHILDA HELLER
Efraim Kohva.