anti-semitism in switzerland

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)

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

Separately, a swastika and the words “Jews pack” were etched onto a synagogue’s door in Switzerland and the slogan “Hitler force” was scrawled on an Italian Jewish family’s car.

A member of the GIL Jewish community, Karin Rivollet, speaks about Judaism at the GIL synagogue in Geneva, Switzerland on Sept. 6, 2020. (Courtesy of GIL)

Pig meat left outside 2 Swiss synagogues

It’s a known method of far-right activists in Europe, as pigs are considered unclean in both Islam and Judaism.

A Swiss lottery card featuring the words "gassed Jew." (CICAD)

Swiss lottery scratch card uses the phrase ‘gassed Jew’

The state-owned company that issued the card apologized and said it was “an unfortunate and unintentional coincidence.”

A view of Arosa, Switzerland in summer. (Olaf Protze/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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In the Swiss Alps, locals and haredi Orthodox tourists find ways to get along

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Swiss kosher butcher shop vandalized 4 times in one month

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Palestinian jailed in Switzerland for assault on Jewish man wearing kippah

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Swiss tourism official complains about behavior of Jewish guests

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Knife-wielding man threatens Swiss Jewish family on way to synagogue

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I talked to the ‘anti-Semitic’ Swiss hotel owner. It’s more complicated than you think.

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Booking.com drops Swiss hotel that featured signs singling out Jews

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