European Jewish Association

Belgian mob breaks Israeli's jaw after he removes anti-Israel sticker

The Israeli tourist filed a complaint to the police, who reportedly responded that they "don't want to deal with them."

A Belgian national flag flies over the Royal Palace
 Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, looks on as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023.

Elon Musk claims he is 'aspirationally' Jewish amid antisemitism accusations

  Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in the stands before a match. May 29, 2019

EU paper touts antisemitic tropes against Russian Jews, Roman Abramovich

 Demonstrators protest outside the AJC Global Forum where Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli spoke, in Tel Aviv, on June 14, 2023.

Diaspora Jewish students condemn Chikli, told not to 'interfere with Israeli politics'


Jewish leaders in Europe call orgs to reject 'intersectionality' due to Zionist exclusion

The conference included panel discussions on national plans for combating antisemitism, online hate, a new youth leaders program for campus activity and youth experiences of hate and more

  EJA Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin

European leaders reflect on rising antisemitism trends

The European Jewish Association brought together a plethora of European leaders, survivors and community leaders to Krakow and Auschwitz-Birkenau.

 GAZING AT the carnage of  Kristallnacht, November 1938.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola receives King David Award

Metsola received the award after she visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola speaks during a news conference in the Latvian Parliament in Riga, Latvia, October 27, 2022.

'We have no time – we have to save people'

The Jewish community of Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis. An overview by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.

 Rabbi Meir Holtzberg toured Jewish communities across Ukraine to ensure that they were able to celebrate Purim, March 17, 2022.

Greek court annuls permit for kosher, halal slaughter

A Greek court annulled a ministerial decision which allowed ritual slaughter without anesthesia being administered first.

A slaughterer cuts beef carcasses into pieces in the Biernacki Meat Plant slaughterhouse in Golina near Jarocin, western Poland July 17, 2013.

European initiative tries to combat COVID-induced antisemitic conspiracies

More Jewish communities throughout Europe are reporting a surge in antisemitic rhetoric.

Young European Jewish students and activists mobilize to take a firm stand against the hate at the EJA boot camp, April 2021.

European Jewish Association marks Int'l Holocaust Memorial Day online

Event streamed live on JPost website

Rabbi Menachem Margolin. Chairman of the European Jewish Association (EJA)

Poland postpones kosher meat export ban till 2025

"The provisions in this bill relating to kosher exports have had a very rough ride. It is clear that they enjoy little support from farmers and command little enthusiasm from the Senate itself."

Flag of Poland, variant polish coat of arms.

Diaspora Minister confront European leaders with rising antisemitism

"Let me be clear: Denying the Jewish freedom of religion implies denying the ability for Jews to live in Europe."

‘FOR MORE than 1,000 years, antisemitism has been part of European culture.’

Dozens of graves in Europe's oldest Jewish cemetery vandalized, desecrated

It is currently estimated that anywhere from 50 to 100 gravestones were vandalized, including the grave of the Maharam of Rothenburg

A Jewish cemetery (illustrative)

The ordinariness of Auschwitz

As a dear colleague put it, “Where is the monster? It would be easier to deal with if there was a monster here.”

AUSCHWITZ