The Norwegian Police for the first time have apologized for rounding up Jews and sending them to their deaths during the Holocaust.
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.
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.
Briefs courtesy Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Norway has begun accepting applications for the approximately $60 million fund it created in March for Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
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