Norway

A mural of Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh on a street corner

After mural of Anne Frank in a keffiyeh draws criticism, Norwegian street artist defends statement

The European Jewish Congress had denounced the mural, meant as a statement against the Gaza war, as “a gross distortion of history.”

Norwegian Jews seek changes to national calendar that ignores most of their holidays

The current law on national holidays, which was updated last year, guarantees all employees 12 days off, many of them in connection with Christian holidays.

The main synagogue of Oslo, Norway. (Google Maps)

Following outcry, Norwegian city OKs Holocaust survivors’ request to move to Oslo Jewish nursing home

The two survivors from Skien, one 86 and the other older, had been denied a referral because it would have been cheaper to keep them locally.

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Norwegian city declines 2 Holocaust survivors’ request to move to country’s only Jewish nursing home

The Jo Goldenberg Restaurant in Paris, France on June 12, 2005. (David Monniaux/Wikimedia Commons)

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Norway will extradite suspect in deadly 1982 bombing of Paris Jewish restaurant to France

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Norway police arrest suspect in 1982 bombing of Jewish restaurant in Paris that killed 6

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Norway will withhold funding to Palestinians over textbooks it says promote hate and violence

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Norway’s ruling coalition wants to freeze aid to Palestinians over incitement

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Norwegian hospitals refuse to assist in circumcisions

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Norway ex-PM: ‘Double standard’ on Israel and Pakistan cripples nuclear nonproliferation

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