Why did Israel’s promising electric car maker fail?

Published on June 4, 2013

It was supposed to be the car of the future, a near-silent, battery-powered vehicle that would wean the West off its dependence on Middle Eastern oil and save the environment in the process.

Danish Jews report record level of anti-Semitic attacks

Published on March 1, 2013

The Jewish community of Denmark documented 40 anti-Semitic incidents in 2012, almost double those in 2009, a year that marked a sharp upturn in such attacks.

EU diplomats seek visa ban for ‘violent’ Israeli settlers

Published on November 28, 2012

European diplomats recommended imposing visa bans on "violent" Israeli settlers, as Denmark helped organize a workshop on labeling settlement goods in the European Union.

Denmark upgrading Palestinian delegation

Published on March 9, 2011

Denmark said it will upgrade the status of the Palestinian delegation to a mission. Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen at a news conference Wednesday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the status of Palestinian diplomats will advance from "Palestinian general representation" to the "Palestinian mission to Denmark," the French news agency AFP reported."

Still rotten in Denmark

Published on February 8, 2011

Five years after the infamous “cartoon crisis,” many Danes still seem confused about what constitutes free speech and why it is important to defend. The Danish public is tired of discussing the case, worried that the debate is becoming a sectarian issue between left and right rather than a rallying point for shared values. Meanwhile, the pressure on free speech continues with threats of violence, lawsuits, and changes in international law.

MUSIC VIDEO: Klezmer—Denmark’s Channe Nussbaum ‘Where Can I Go?’

Published on April 26, 2007

Denmark's red hot Jewish momma Channe Nussbaum and Klezmofobia: 'Vi ahin zol ikh geyn? Where can I go?'

A Bitter Pill for Europe to Swallow

By Dinah Spritzer
Published on February 16, 2006

Unnerved Danish members of the European Parliament refuse to comment on the violent protests in the Arab world and even normally chatty European analysts said in interviews that they are withholding speculation for fear of fanning the flames.

Europe’s Jews Caught in Cartoon Furor

By JTA Staff
Published on February 16, 2006

As frequent targets of anti-Semitic cartoons -- many of them in the Arab press -- Jews on one hand sympathized with the Muslim outrage over depictions of the Islamic prophet Mohammed, which is considered by Muslims to be blasphemous.

But Jews joined many others in expressing shock at the level of violence the controversy sparked.

Seeing Red

By Jeffry V. Mallow
Published on February 16, 2006

There's no escaping Middle East politics, even living in Denmark, as this writer does. This tolerant nation of 5.3 million, of whom 3 percent are Muslim, finds itself, to its amazement, the target of a boycott and attacks on its embassies, corporations, soldiers and citizens across the Muslim world.

Recalling the Danish’Miracle’

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on May 14, 1998

For Davis, who grew up in a Jewish home inColorado, "Miracle at Midnight" is a family story.