Slovak Jewish cemetery vandals identified as five boys aged 9 to 12, not ‘extremists’
Bratislava, Slovakia – Žilina Police announced on Facebook that the culprits behind the desecration of gravestones in the Jewish cemeteryContinue Reading
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Polish President to skip Auschwitz anniversary in Israel
Warsaw, Poland – Poland’s President Andrzej Duda announced he won’t be attending the event commemorating the 75th anniversary of theContinue Reading
Slovakia: Second Jewish cemetery desecrated this month
Bratislava, Slovakia – Tombstones at a Jewish cemetery in Slovakia were vandalized for the second time this month. Nearly twoContinue Reading
Slovakia: Jewish cemetery desecrated in ‘unprecedented barbaric act’
Bratislava, Slovakia – Dozens of gravestones were vandalized in a Jewish cemetery in northern Slovakia, local authorities announced earlier thisContinue Reading
Angela Merkel to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau for first time this week
Krakow, Poland – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay her first official visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau on Friday, ahead of theContinue Reading
Hungary has highest proportion of Jewish ancestry outside of Israel, says DNA study
Budapest, Hungary – A new study conducted by online genealogy platform MyHeritage in conjunction with the Institute for Jewish Policy Research has revealed thatContinue Reading
Thousands of Jewish athletes gather in Budapest as European Maccabi Games get under way
Budapest, Hungary – On Tuesday evening, Hungarian president János Áder officially opened the 15th European Maccabi Games in front of thousandsContinue Reading
Hungary: ‘Priceless’ antique gold treasure unearthed in former Jewish ghetto
Budapest, Hungary – The owners of a house located in the small town of Keszthely, nearly 200 km southwest ofContinue Reading
Anti-Semitism on the rise in the Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic – Anti-Semitic acts and hate speech in the Czech Republic have been steadily increasing these past fewContinue Reading
Polish fans applaud Israeli anthem at football game in “inspiring sporting spectacle”
Warsaw, Poland – Thousands of Polish football supporters attending Monday’s Euro qualifier in Warsaw between Poland and Israel applauded the Israeli anthemContinue Reading
Polish ambassador to Israel assaulted and spat on in Tel Aviv
Warsaw, Poland – A 65-year-old Israeli spat on Poland’s ambassador in Tel Aviv Marek Magierowski on Tuesday while he wasContinue Reading
Jewish Congress outraged by Poland’s ‘anti-semitic’ Judas lynching ritual
Krakow, Poland – The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has expressed its outrage over a Polish town’s Good Friday ritual lynching of aContinue Reading
Polish diplomat named Righteous Among the Nations for his actions during World War II
Warsaw, Poland – On Tuesday, Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, declared Konstanty Rokicki, the Polish viceContinue Reading
Holocaust revisionism on the rise in Poland and Hungary
Warsaw, Poland – A recent study has taken a close look at how European countries deal with their past andContinue Reading
Star of David was first recognized as symbol of Judaism in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic – Obviously, the Star of David wasn’t “invented” nor “created” in the Czech Republic. It is, however,Continue Reading
