Netherlands

How homemade jachnun is giving a lifeline to European Jews in a second COVID wave

The takeout-friendly Yemenite bread is helping entrepreneurial home chefs weather the financial crisis on a continent hungry for exotic vegetarian dishes.

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 20, 2020 2:56 pm

Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs at Westerbork Memorial Center on May 14, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Dutch chief rabbi says ‘no need’ for churches’ mea culpa over Holocaust inaction

Binyomin Jacobs said he appreciates the “positive” gesture, but that it’s unnecessary as children are not responsible for their parents’ guilt.

October 29, 2020 4:31 pm

Insayno sings in a video clip from 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (Insayno/YouTube)

Dutch city of Haarlem withdraws honor from rapper who downplayed the Holocaust

Two days after announcing Darryl Danchelo Osenga appointment as city poet, Haarlem withdrew the honor.

September 27, 2020 11:35 am

A Dutch judge, Hendrik Steenhuis, presides over a hearing at Schiphol Judicial Court (JCS) complex in Badhoevedorp, the Netherlands on March 9, 2020 (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images)

In the Netherlands, judges can fine and lock up Jewish men who refuse to give their wives a religious divorce

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 19, 2020 12:32 pm

Netherlands suspends aid to group that employed alleged Palestinian terrorists

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 21, 2020 10:07 am

German government urged not to honor Holocaust rescuer with murky record

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 28, 2020 9:45 am

Meijer and Tedje van der Sluis during filming in Amsterdam of a 2018 documentary film about their marriage. (Merlijn Doomernik)

Tedje van der Sluis, 93, Auschwitz survivor whose happy marriage was subject of Dutch film

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 28, 2020 5:34 pm

A French-speaking man pulling a kippah that he wore as a face mask back on his head.

In Purim coronavirus joke, Dutch synagogue asks congregants to wear kippahs over their mouths

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 6, 2020 2:01 pm

The Israeli city of Nazareth is in Palestine, according to this sign in Eindohven, the Netherlands. (Google Maps)

Reversing a 2014 promise, Dutch city maintains street signs identifying Israeli cities as located in Palestine

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 9, 2020 3:27 pm

Netherlands cuts aid to Palestinian Authority over terrorist salaries

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 20, 2019 4:46 pm

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How homemade jachnun is giving a lifeline to European Jews in a second COVID wave

Dutch chief rabbi says ‘no need’ for churches’ mea culpa over Holocaust inaction

Dutch city of Haarlem withdraws honor from rapper who downplayed the Holocaust

In the Netherlands, judges can fine and lock up Jewish men who refuse to give their wives a religious divorce

Netherlands suspends aid to group that employed alleged Palestinian terrorists

German government urged not to honor Holocaust rescuer with murky record

Tedje van der Sluis, 93, Auschwitz survivor whose happy marriage was subject of Dutch film

In Purim coronavirus joke, Dutch synagogue asks congregants to wear kippahs over their mouths

Reversing a 2014 promise, Dutch city maintains street signs identifying Israeli cities as located in Palestine

Netherlands cuts aid to Palestinian Authority over terrorist salaries

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