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Freedom Party chief Geert Wilders speaks with Caroline van der Plas, the leader of the Farmer–Citizen Movement, at the House of Representatives in The Hague, Sept. 18, 2024. Photo by Sem van der Wal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images.

After Amsterdam pogrom, Dutch lawmakers vote to close antisemitic mosques

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The Netherlands' House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a motion calling to shutter mosques whose leaders preach the destruction of Israel. The motion, submitted by the leader of the coalition's Farmer–Citizen Movement and titled, "The...
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema speaks at a press conference about antisemitic violence in her city, Nov. 8, 2024. Credit: The Municipality of Amsterdam.

Amsterdam mayor walks back ‘pogrom’ label for assaults

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Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema on Sunday appeared to retract her use of the word “pogrom” in connection with the mass assaults by Arabs on Israelis in her city on Nov. 7. Halsema, a former leader...
Anti-Israeli demonstrators march In support of Palestinians. Photo by Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images.

America’s electrifying counter-revolution

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America is attempting to clean up its house. Europeans are burning theirs down. Within hours of his re-election as president of the United States, Donald Trump started the process of rolling back the influence of...
Adam Davis at the match between the Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax soccer teams in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Nov. 7, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.

‘Sorry, sir, we are unable to help you right now’

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Before I left for this trip to see Maccabi Tel Aviv play in Amsterdam—the month before I will be starting my service in the Israel Defense Forces—I couldn’t have imagined that it would make...
Assessing some of the damage after Kristallnacht, “The Night of Broken Glass,” in Germany on Nov. 9-10, 1938. Credit: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The echo of broken glass from Amsterdam

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I am horrified and outraged by the antisemitic attacks against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam. The events in Amsterdam last week mark a dark moment for European Jewry and demand our immediate attention. Jews were...
Fans of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team who flew on El Al rescue flight from Amsterdam arrive to the arrivals hall of the Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel on Nov. 8, 2024. Photo by Jonathan Shaul/Flash90.

The Amsterdam pogrom is what happens when the world tolerates antisemitism

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Much like the reaction to the Hamas massacre of 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, it didn’t take long for some in the media and on the anti-Israel left to try to flip the...

Amsterdam exhibit focuses on neglected aspect of the Holocaust: looted Judaica

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Stories about art looted during the Holocaust abound, but they tend to focus on major works by noted artists worth vast amounts of money. “Beyond the masterpieces, there remains a largely hidden world of lesser-­known...

At ‘emergency summit,’ EJA head calls on Israel to prepare for influx of European...

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As hundreds of Jews descended on Amsterdam for an “emergency summit,” the head of the European Jewish Association on Monday called on Israel to prepare for a mass influx of immigrants as antisemitism skyrockets...

U of Amsterdam releases list of Israeli research partners

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Lawmakers in the Netherlands are furious over the University of Amsterdam’s decision to release a list of Israeli research partners in an attempt to appease violent pro-Palestinian rioters. MP Claire Martens-America of the ruling People’s...
Image of Amsterdam. Credit: Lucas Grey/Pixabay.

‘Occupied City’ reveals Amsterdam sites during Nazi German control

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The British filmmaker Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter, his wife and creative partner, described their views on history and European antisemitism in a recent interview discussing their new documentary, “Occupied City.” Disputing the idea that antisemitism has...