Norway’s Last 819 Jews Are NOT Leaving the Country

By JewishJournal.com
Published on April 25, 2013

Foreigners still caught in Sahara hostage crisis

Published on January 18, 2013

More than 20 foreigners were still either being held hostage or missing inside a gas plant on Friday after Algerian forces stormed the desert complex to free hundreds of captives taken by Islamist militants.

Norwegian youth leader seen encouraging anti-Semitic speech

Published on November 26, 2012

Aspiring Norwegian politician Khalid Haji Ahmed said he was only joking when he wished “best of luck eight times over” to activists who wrote on Facebook that they wished Adolf Hitler could kill more Jews.

Norwegian Police apologize for deporting Jews to Auschwitz

Published on November 26, 2012

The Norwegian Police for the first time have apologized for rounding up Jews and sending them to their deaths during the Holocaust.

Report: Anti-Israel attitudes fueling anti-Semitism in Norway

Published on October 22, 2012

Anti-Israel attitudes in Norway may be fueling anti-Semitism there, the international security organization OSCE warned.

Swedish flotilla ship heading for Gaza sails from Italy

Published on October 8, 2012

A Swedish ship carrying human rights activists attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza left from Italy.

Norwegian official: Jews, Muslims should replace circumcision with ‘symbolic’ ritual

Published on August 6, 2012

Norway’s ombudsman for children's rights has proposed that Jews and Muslim replace male circumcision with a symbolic, nonsurgical ritual.

Norwegian gov’t coalition partner seeking to outlaw circumcision

Published on June 25, 2012

A Norwegian political party said it will seek to outlaw circumcision in Norway.

Anti-Semitism limited in Norway, survey shows

Published on June 13, 2012

More than a third of Norwegians believe that Israel's treatment of the Palestinians is similar to how Nazis treated Jews, according to a survey of attitudes toward Jews in Norway.

Opinion: The Norway massacre and the anti-Zionist smear

Published on August 9, 2011

In the aftermath of Anders Breivik's terrorist rampage in Norway, a "blame the Jews" theme has emerged: assertions that Breivik was driven by fanatical devotion to Israel.

After Norway and before 9/11 anniversary, U.S. answers questions about homegrown threats

Published on August 9, 2011

With the Norway attacks fresh in mind and the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks fast approaching, are U.S. authorities paying attention to the right kinds of threats?

Letters to the Editor: Norway, Jacob Dayan, Redistricting

Published on August 2, 2011

While Rob Eshman makes an important and necessary argument in his editorial, he misses a serious point (“Web of Evil,” July 29).

Joshua Holo: Norway and multiculturalism

Published on August 2, 2011

In a recent New York Times article, Scott Shane describes how the violence in Norway emerged from a distinct rhetorical and ideological context, and perhaps the left appropriately will admonish the right for the vitriol of its tirades against multiculturalism.

Security experts: To prevent extremist violence, look at behavior, not ideology

Published on August 1, 2011

Focus on behaviors common to all extremists: That's the advice security experts are offering in the wake of the recent attacks in Norway by a perpetrator who appeared to be anti-Muslim rather than an Islamist.

German interior minister warns of threat of far-right violence

Published on July 28, 2011

In the wake of the recent bombing and massacre in Norway, Germany's interior minister warned that there are far-right groups in his country that could commit violent attacks.

Breivik, the anti-Zionist

Published on July 27, 2011

“2083: A European Declaration of Independence” – the manifesto of the Oslo bomber Anders Behring Breivik – is a baggy 1,500-page document, made up in large part of other people’s essays on the Islamic threat to Europe.

When murdering children becomes everyday news

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Published on July 27, 2011

Norway tragedy: A new twist on hate

By Rob Eshman
Published on July 26, 2011

In 1980, for the umpteenth time, someone asked the Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal whether “it could happen again” — “it” being the Holocaust. “You take hatred and technology and you add in a crisis, and anything can happen,” Wiesenthal replied. Last week, something tragic, horrific, almost beyond words happened.

As Norway’s Jews mourn, concern about muting of pro-Israel voices

Published on July 26, 2011

Norway has just 1,500 Jews, but to hear Avi Ring tell it, the country is reacting to last Friday's bombing of a government office building and massacre at a political summer camp in a traditionally Jewish way.

Norway attacks spotlight far-right outreach to Jews, Israel

Published on July 26, 2011

For decades after World War II, far-right political movements in Europe stirred up for Jews images of skinheads and Nazi storm troopers marching across the continent.

Envoy compares terror in Israel, Norway

Published on July 26, 2011

Norway's ambassador to Israel drew distinctions between the Oslo and Utoeya massacres and Palestinian terrorism.

Beck likens Norway victims to Hitler Youth [AUDIO]

Published on July 25, 2011

Talk-show host Glenn Beck on his radio show likened the victims of the shooting at a Norwegian summer camp to young members of the Nazi Party.

Norway massacre suspect pleads not guilty in court

Published on July 25, 2011

The man who has confessed to carrying out a bombing and shooting spree that left 76 people dead in Norway will be held for at least eight weeks, half of that in complete isolation, after a closed hearing in which he said his terror network had two other cells.

Norway killer espoused right-wing philosophy

Published on July 24, 2011

The confessed perpetrator in the attack in Norway that killed at least 76 people espoused a right-wing philosophy against Islam that also purports to be pro-Zionist.

At least 87 dead in double Norway terror attack

Published on July 23, 2011

A gunman dressed in police uniform opened fire at a youth camp of Norway's ruling political party on Friday, killing at least 80 people, hours after a bomb killed seven in the government district in the capital Oslo.

Norway’s Jews oppose circumcision law amendment

Published on May 5, 2011

The umbrella organization for Jews in Norway is opposing a proposed amendment that would ban ritual circumcision on boys younger than 15. The Mosaic Religious Community, the umbrella for Norway's Jewish community and Jewish organizations, has sent a letter to Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store and Justice Minister Knut Storberget outlining its opposition to the amendment proposed by the country's state ombudsman for children, the English-language website News and Views from Norway reported.

Better late than never, Theodor Herzl, children reunited in death; Ex-N.J. Governor McGreevey’s Isra

Published on September 28, 2006

Briefs courtesy Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Norway to Pay Shoah Victims

Published on May 6, 1999

Norway has begun accepting applications for the approximately $60 million fund it created in March for Jewish victims of the Holocaust.