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Dutch police foil alleged bomb, arson plot against synagogue - report
Dutch police have stated the suspect was allegedly involved in plans to either plant an explosive device or set fire to the synagogue.
Israeli arrested in Netherlands on suspicion of drug trafficking, being in int'l smuggling ring
Dutch are facing biggest security threat in decades, intelligence agency says
Dutch gov't ups Jewish security amid massive rise in antisemitic attacks
Museum opens at one of Holland’s most infamous Nazi camps
National Monument Camp Amersfoort is a large, underground and dark space dominated by the portraits and personal stories of about 47,000 people who were imprisoned at the facility.
Israeli-Dutch Jew leads new progressive party into Dutch parliament
Israeli- Dutch Jew Itay Garmy ran the campaign for a new progressive political party, Volt, which won three seats in this week’s national election.
The Dutch February Strike: The organized civilian protest against the Nazis
On Feb. 25, 1941, at least 100,000 Dutchmen stopped working to protest the Nazis’ persecution of Jews, bringing the economy to a halt for days.
Amsterdam museum's 'Haman as Hitler' Purim dolls have a storied tradition
The puppets would often get burned, “but in Europe this led to hostility from non-Jews who thought the Jews were burning effigies of Christians, so it stopped [there],” historian Yuval Malachi said.
Ex-teacher wins appeal on molestation conviction at Dutch Jewish school
A lawyer representing the alleged victims said he hoped prosecutors would appeal to the Supreme Court.
A cultural bridge too far? Israeli expats assess life in the Netherlands
‘Sometimes I miss that Israeli directness’
Dutch village is finally ready to tell its unique Holocaust rescue story
In 1985, Nieuwlande became one of only two locales honored collectively by Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum for rescuing Jews, alongside Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in France.
Speaker for Dutch Holocaust memorial after uproar over antisemitic comment
"I didn’t mean it," Benali said. "I distance myself from those remarks, they weren’t meant literally. I also have Jewish friends and interview Jewish authors.”
Dutch gov't to appoint national coordinator on tackling antisemitism
The move was welcomed by leaders of leading Jewish communities and organizations in the Netherlands and Europe.
Novel on Holland’s largest Holocaust rescue operation slammed for errors
Hollands Diep, van Rijn’s publisher, said it “fully stands behind the book,” which Elco Lenstra, a company spokesperson, stressed was being marketed as a novel.
