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.

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.

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.

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)

Global

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

Global

Netherlands suspends aid to group that employed alleged Palestinian terrorists

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German government urged not to honor Holocaust rescuer with murky record

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

Bonds of Life

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

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

Global

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

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

Global

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

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Netherlands cuts aid to Palestinian Authority over terrorist salaries

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