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‘Talk to far-Right in gov’t’, says top European rabbi

“Does Israel not speak to Hamas? Israel spoke with Arafat, who clearly hated Jews. Does Israel not talk today with different enemies?”

|ByJEREMY SHARON
Founder and Chairman of the European Jewish Association Rabbi Menachem Margolin speaking at the opening of the EJA’s annual conference in Brussels on Tuesday
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder at the 7th Annual JPost Conference in NY

An answer to Ronald Lauder

There have always been differences of opinion among the Jewish people about what will guarantee the future of the nation – assimilation amongst the nations, or rather separation from them.

|ByMENACHEM MARGOLIN
Police is seen at the site of an attack near a synagogue in Gothenburg, Sweden December 9, 2017

Swedish PM pledges to combat antisemitism

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven instructs government to propose additional measures to counter anti-Jewish incidents following an attack on a Swedish synagogue.

|ByTAMARA ZIEVE
A rabbi holds an eight-day-old baby during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels, August 20, 2009.

European Jews, Muslims team up to face ritual slaughter, circumcision bans

The event included work sessions that featured case studies and exchange of information on the status of religious freedoms in European countries and initiatives to limit them.

|ByJTA

Belgian Jewish leader: We are watchful but we don’t live in fear

European Jewish leaders pay tribute to victims of Brussels shooting.

JUNE 25, 2014BySAM SOKOL
Eli Ringer (left), of the Flemish Forum of Jewish Organizations, and Baron Julien Klener, president of the Consistoire Central Israèlite de Belgique, honor the memory of those killed at the Jewish Museum shooting in Brussels during a ceremony on Mount Herzl.

European elections: Where are we going and how are we getting there?

Fears about the rise of anti-Semitism, racism and intolerance have arisen with the rise of far-right-wing parties across Europe.

MAY 26, 2014ByELINADAV HEYMANN
European Parliament.

European Jewish Congress: Amid rising anti-Semitism, Jewish life in Europe unsustainable

President Moshe Kantor presents results of study on worldwide anti-Semitism in 2013; over the past year 554 “registered violent anti-Semitic acts” were recorded.

APRIL 27, 2014BySAM SOKOL
Anti Semitism 390

Hassid running for EU Parliament looks to stop ‘great indifference to Jewish issues’

In ‘Jewish Chronicle’ interview, Shneur Odze says UK Independence Party not racist at all.

APRIL 24, 2014BySAM SOKOL
Shneur Odze, the Euroskeptic UK Independence Party