Binyomin Jacobs

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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Alina Feoktistova at the Tikva Jewish education complex in Odessa, Ukraine on Nov. 2, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In Ukraine, aid for needy Jews comes with a catch

Ukrainian Jewry’s robust welfare system has helped win hearts and minds in a place where being Jewish has meant trouble for centuries.

November 14, 2019 2:23 pm

The Christians for Israel menorah being mounted in Nijkerk near Amsterdam on Nov. 25, 2013. (Sara van Oordt, Christians for Israel)

Dutch Christians donate Europe’s largest menorah to rocket-battered Israeli city Sderot

Amid “constant threat,” the leader of the Christians for Israel group wrote, “we want to bring the light.”

September 9, 2019 6:38 am

Protesters with Palestinian flags turn backs on Dutch rabbi’s Christchurch eulogy

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 17, 2019 4:38 pm

Puppets of Jews on display at the Aalst Carnaval in Belgium on March 3, 2019. Courtesy of FJO

Belgian carnival float features puppets of grinning Jews, a rat and money bags

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 4, 2019 10:14 am

Chief rabbi says Dutch Labour Party opposed an anti-Semitism definition to woo Muslims

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 30, 2018 10:59 am

Haredi Orthodox school in Amsterdam mishandled molestation scandal, Dutch Education Ministry says

November 21, 2018 2:55 pm

Why these Dutch Christians are celebrating Sukkot

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 20, 2018 3:27 pm

Men yell ‘f*** all Jews’ at Dutch chief rabbi’s son and family

June 18, 2018 8:44 am

Dutch Jews investigate Brooklyn rabbi on molestation charges

January 8, 2018 6:45 am

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