anti-semitism in the netherlands

Insayno sings in a video clip from 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (Insayno/YouTube)

Dutch city names as its resident poet a rapper who called the Holocaust a ‘cover-up for dumb sheep’

The city of Haarlem’s decision to make Darryl Danchelo Osenga, stage name Insayno, resident poet angered Dutch Jews.

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 24, 2020 6:11 pm

Two men walk down a street in a residential area of Amsterdam, the Netherlands on April 23, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Dutch man is acquitted after saying hackers sent anti-Semitic death threats from his computer

Police failed to record the messages despite multiple complaints by the victims, who have since been evicted. The Dutch Jewish community’s watchdog is furious.

September 1, 2020 10:12 am

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)

Dutch parliament votes to fight anti-Semitism, but against funding Jewish security costs

The ruling VVD party backed a nonbinding call to name a coordinator in the struggle but opposed bearing the $1.2 million in security costs.

July 2, 2020 5:50 pm

Syrian man vandalizes Amsterdam kosher restaurant for 2nd time

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 8, 2020 4:53 am

King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands delivering a speech during the National Remembrance Day ceremony on May 4, 2020 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Patrick van Katwijk/BSR Agency/Getty Images)

Dutch king acknowledges Jews felt ‘abandoned’ by his great-grandmother Wilhelmina

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 4, 2020 5:28 pm

$A screenshot of the meme of Anne Frank shared on the WhatsApp group of the young supporters of the Forum for Democracy party in the Netherlands. (HP\DeTijd)$