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A festival for Jewish culture in Europe
The European Days of Jewish Culture is one of the largest festivals celebrating Jewish heritage in Europe. This September, it’s taking place under {...}
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Amplifying Roma voices in Hungary
August 2nd is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, commemorating the 500,000 Roma murdered during WWII in Nazi-occupied Europe. More than seven decades {...}
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INACH: Fighting hate speech online, from the very beginning
Suzette Bronkhorst founded INACH (International Network Against Cyber-Hate) together with her late partner Ronald Eissens back in 2002. They were {...}
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A Lyon Synagogue fights climate change
When Rabbi Daniela Touati finished her studies and assumed leadership in France, she formed a group to create an eco-synagogue - and invited {...}
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LGBTQ+ Rabbis Come to Europe
Brian Doyle-Du Breuil is a soon-to-graduate rabbinical student of Abraham Geiger College at the University of Potsdam in Germany. He’s also gay - {...}
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Portugal undergoes Jewish Renaissance
Portugal holds the EU Presidency in the first half of 2021, and there’s exciting news coming from the country. 500 years after Portugal expelled {...}
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Playing jazz to overcome the Holocaust and the pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone inside, Holocaust survivor Simon Gronowski lifted his spirits by opening the window of his Brussels {...}
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Jewish comedians spark French comedy
It’s a running American joke: Without Jews, there would be little laughter. It now has become a French joke, too - Jewish immigrants to France are {...}
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In Hungary, remembering a lost Jewish community through education
Israel and Jewish communities are commemorating Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, this week. This is how one regional town in Hungary has {...}
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Bulgaria’s Jews: Building a culture of tolerance
When neo-Nazis planned to march the streets of Sofia in 2019, Bulgaria’s Jews responded by organizing a march for tolerance. Indeed, Shalom - {...}
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Austria’s surprising turnaround
Austria long portrayed itself as the first victim of Nazi aggression after its native son, Adolf Hitler, annexed the country in 1938. But the {...}
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Jewish musician Tomi Juhász: Demonstrating the importance of culture for inclusion and activism
February is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month. It is a unified effort among Jewish organizations to raise awareness and {...}
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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: Holocaust survivors who built /changed Europe – Yvette Anavi
In December 2020, just a few days before her 101st birthday, Yvette Anavi (maiden name Kalo), a Holocaust survivor from Bulgaria and inspiring {...}
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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: Holocaust survivors who built /changed Europe – Marek Edelman
“Hate is easy, love requires effort.” Marek Edelman, who passed away in 2009, was the last surviving leader of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto {...}
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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: Holocaust survivors who built /changed Europe – Imre Kertész
“When I am thinking about a new novel, I always think of Auschwitz.” Hungarian Jewish writer Imre Kertész was born in Budapest, Hungary in {...}
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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: Holocaust survivors who built /changed Europe – Charlotte Knobloch
Charlotte Knobloch survived the Holocaust in hiding with a Christian family on a farm in northern Bavaria, Germany. After the war, she and her {...}
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Rabbi Haim Casas
Rabbi Haim Casas is Spain's first native-born rabbi, 500 years after Jewish communities were expelled and obliterated during the Inquisition. {...}
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A friendship in Romania connected by the love of Judaism
As we celebrate another night of Hanukkah, here is another little miracle story brought to you by NOA: A friendship in Romania connected by the love {...}
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A Jewish miracle: Spain’s young Jewish generation
Meet Camila Piastro, part of a young generation of Jews from Spain. 500 years after the Inquisition and exile from the Iberian peninsula, the {...}
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Jewish miracle stories for Hanukkah: Yiddish in Sweden
As we light the Hanukkah candles tonight, let us reflect on the little miracles we encounter every day, sometimes in less expected places. This is {...}
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Hanukkah miracle story: Poland
As we light the Hanukkah candles tonight, let us reflect on the miracles we encounter every day, even in the face of difficult obstacles. This photo {...}
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Facing the Facts, combating hate
In Europe, minority groups have joined forces to improve the prevention and recognition of hate crimes and hate speech. With the rise in hate, {...}
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Human Rights Day 2020
On December 10th, we celebrate Human Rights Day, marking when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948 and which proclaims that {...}
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MENA region commemoration
After France’s colonies gained independence after World War II, almost 250,000 Sephardic Jews emigrated, often to Israel, but also to France. On {...}
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Eric Mark was a “secret listener.”
Eric Mark was a “secret listener.” Along with other German-speaking émigrés, he worked for British intelligence during WWII, eavesdropping on {...}
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International Tolerance Day 2020
For International Tolerance Day, this is the story of a religious odd couple, who through their friendship, are advocating for greater tolerance {...}
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Maccabi FC in Brussels – an inclusive sports team
Racism and antisemitism pervade European football, from the top professional to bottom amateur leagues. Amid the hate, one team stands out for its {...}
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Positive developments in 2020
2020 has been a difficult year globally, but there have been some positive steps to counter antisemitism, racism, and xenophobia. As we {...}
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Emouna, bringing faith leaders together in France
In France, a new interfaith program is bringing a diverse group of religious leaders together. Founded by a rabbi, an imam, and a priest, the course {...}
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HIAS helping refugees in Greece
Each year on August 19, the UN honors humanitarian aid workers by celebrating World Humanitarian Day. This year’s celebration pays special tribute {...}
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Mapping Jewish Hamburg
Discover the Jewish history of Hamburg – all on a digital map. Geschichtomat is engaging German school students to discover the Jewish history of {...}
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Jewish in Barcelona: Reviving the intercultural tapestry of a city
Barcelona's Mozaika project started off as a self-published Jewish magazine which aimed to popularize Jewish culture and counter stereotypes. It has {...}
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Meeting the neighbors in the Netherlands
From synagogue visits to communal dinners, young members of the Jewish and Muslim communities in the Netherlands are coming together. Chantal {...}
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Charity Taxi turns to produce masks during Corona crisis
In Hungary, Adománytaxi or ‘Charity Taxi’ is using the helping potential of people in the capital to support the country’s most {...}
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Nominate a person or a project!
The project will feature regular social media campaigns that will focus on past and present Jewish contributions to Europe, representing {...}
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