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Thousands of protesters defying social distancing measures at a protest over the death of George Floyd on Dam Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on June 1, 2020. (Robin Utrecht/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Dutch chief rabbi slams Amsterdam mayor for ignoring social distancing at mass Black Lives Matter protest

Halsema is facing a no-confidence vote at city hall over the rally, which gathered thousands of people at close proximity.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 2, 2020 11:43 am

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A car belonging to the Dutch security forces guarding the Maimonides and Rosj Pina Jewish schools in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Nov. 25, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Jewish schools have reopened in the Netherlands, but some worry that their security is compromised

Normally fortified front gates built to block violent attackers have been left open.

May 28, 2020 6:02 pm

Dani Rotstein stands next to a monumnet commemorating the Jews of Palma de Mallorca, Spain on Feb. 13, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In Europe, budding Jewish tourism businesses are teetering on the brink of closure because of COVID-19

“I’m drowning in quicksand,” said the owner of a Warsaw kosher restaurant that lost its income due to the pandemic.

May 22, 2020 3:57 pm

The interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (Bas de Brouwer)

Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter is getting ready to reopen, but some wonder if it will ever be the same

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 19, 2020 3:05 pm

Pedestrians walking outside the Jewish Museum of Munich on March 24, 2007. (Wikimedia Commons/Maximilian Dörrbecker)

Jewish museums in Munich and Vienna announce plans to reopen this month

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 7, 2020 4:06 pm

Meijer and Tedje van der Sluis during filming in Amsterdam of a 2018 documentary film about their marriage. (Merlijn Doomernik)

Tedje van der Sluis, 93, Auschwitz survivor whose happy marriage was subject of Dutch film

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 28, 2020 5:34 pm

Pianist Marc Wielart and violinist Eduardo Paredes Crespo playing Israel's national anthem at the Concergebouw hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in April 2020. (Courtesy of Barry Mehler)

Israel’s Independence Day gets first celebration at the Dutch royal concert hall — without a crowd

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 28, 2020 4:42 pm

Residents and employees at the Beth Shalom Jewish old-age home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Courtesy of Beth Shalom)

Coronavirus kills 15 at Amsterdam’s Jewish old-age home

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 8, 2020 10:58 am

Muslim man who stabbed Jewish father and son at Amsterdam market ruled unfit to stand trial

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 2, 2019 11:54 am

Stabber of Jewish father and son in Amsterdam says he forgot why he assaulted them

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 13, 2019 12:43 pm

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