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Dutch are facing biggest security threat in decades, intelligence agency says
The Dutch intelligence agency AIVD stressed that the threats to the Netherlands primarily emanate from Russia and China.
Dutch gov't ups Jewish security amid massive rise in antisemitic attacks
Palestinians appear as largest asylum seeker group in Netherlands early 2026 data
Europe’s largest Apple museum opens in the Netherlands
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.
How Hanukkah returned to Amsterdam's Royal Concert Hall decades after WWII
A tradition that had been paused for 70 years after the Holocaust, its resumption is helping to unite and revitalize a dwindling and divided community with its glorious past.
Dutch Protestant Church apologizes to Israel for role in Holocaust
Dutch Protestant Church spokesman Peter de-Boer said “unfortunately, Christian theology contributed much to the antisemitic discourse that led to the events of the Holocaust.”
