anti-Semitism in Italy

Hungarian Jews celebrate the opening of a new synagogue in Budapest on Aug. 27, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Which European countries are best for Jews? A new study offers unexpected answers.

Italy and Hungary, where the prevalence of antisemitism is relatively high, top the chart of new study on the quality of life for Jews in 12 democracies.

Antisemitic incidents reach 10-year high in the Netherlands

Separately, Canada saw a record number of antisemitic incidents in 2021, a report showed.

Police arrest suspect caught on camera beating Orthodox Jews in London

In a separate incident, a 12-year-old Italian boy said he was kicked and hit with antisemitic insults by other teenagers.

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Mayoral candidate in Rome accused of antisemitism loses election to center-left

Liliana Segre attends a ceremony honoring people who saved Jews during the Holocaust in Milan, Italy March 05, 2021. (Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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This 90-year-old Holocaust survivor is a ‘senator for life’ in her native Italy. She also receives constant anti-Semitic threats.

Pedestrians walk past the McDonnald's restaurant on Piazza Re di Roma in Rome, Italy in 2015. (Google)

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Food delivery man in Rome goes on anti-Semitic rant and stabs a man who protests his speech

French-Jewish lawmaker Yael Braun-Pivet holds a paper flower offered by a man at a migrant detention center in Paris, France on Sept. 18, 2019. (Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hate mail to French-Jewish lawmaker tells her to ‘prepare for the camps’

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‘Zoom bombers’ shout ‘Jews to the ovens’ at online launch of book on the Holocaust in Italy

A segment of the painting “The Martyrdom of St. Simon of Trento for Jewish ritual murder.” (Giovanni Gasparro/Facebook)

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Prominent Italian painter unveils a work depicting anti-Semitic blood libel

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15% of Italians say Holocaust never happened, poll finds

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