Norway, Israel and the Jews
By now, very many people in Norway have been made aware of the academic boycott of anyone who remotely could be espousing a pro-Israel point of view. But not so many are aware that Dershowitz singled out one particular man for chiding: Trond Andresen, one of the NTNU initiators of the call for academic...
You raise an interesting topic in your last comment, limits to the right to expression. Because it is also related to a previous post by Christian, I thought it just as well to reply with a new entry. Sadly, Norway has some very disturbing legal precedents when it comes to incitement to hate crimes,...
Vårt Lands brings us a terrifying story about the Jewish student Anja Savosnic, who was forced to give up Hebrew studies at the University of Oslo due to anti-semitic attacks from fellow students. In a harrowing account she tells a story of how, because of her ethnic, religious background, she is verbally abused, told...
Norwegian consumers have been treated to a shock disclosure of how a few (not all!) fur farms in Norway operate. A widely respected animal welfare organization posted this video link to expose ongoing cases of animal cruelty on some fur farms in Norway (linked video contains very strong images). This blog is not about...
7 facts that prove rumors that we are anti-Israel and/or anti-Semitic wrong: Back in 1992, colonel Haukland, commander of f Norway’s UNIFIL troops to Lebanon proved Norway’s commitment to upholding the absolute neutrality of UN peacekeeping troops by helping PLO terrorists escape Israeli detention. Prohibition of ritual slaughter. Since 1929 Norway has had a...
By Minerva McGonagall, an NIJ-street-irregular For tourists visiting Oslo there is a new point of interest added to an already exciting trail of museums, parks and outdoor trails, the Jewish Museum. Located in the old synagogue building in Calmeyers street, this museum offers a unique insight into the rich history of Jews in Norway. Although to most Norwegians...
NRK’s Tormod Strand has uncovered anti-Semitism among Norwegian muslims. Israeli academic Manfred Gerstenfeld has identified anti-Semitism in the ethnic Norwegian mainstream. The Aftenposten op-ed above claims “Jews stronger than ever“. The author throws a few decent punches. Yet she can hardly escape the fact that the Norwegian Jews never have carried much weight here...
Norway is one of those societies which has great difficulties in providing Jews with circumstances in which they can thrive. The author of the op-ed in Aftenposten above raises an interesting question: If Jews cannot live in Norway, does not that prove the necessity of a Jewish state where they can live in safety?...
Forces of evil are moving. Today state television NRK broadcast on anti-Semitism in Norway. The broadcast, which was approximately five minutes long, was put together by NRK journalist Tormod Strand and sent during prime time as part of the national news at 7 pm. There was an introduction on the state of affairs in...
Oslo has never had many Jews. Due to a mix of natural deaths, emigration and membership error, it now turns out there are even fewer of them than we thought until quite recently. Only a few days ago, on December 13th, Norway’s ambassador to Israel slammed JCPA’s Dr.Gerstenfeld in an op-ed to the Jerusalem...
Here is an excerpt from a short article on Norwegian Jewry in Haaretz, by Tom Segev. It appears well researched except for the estimation of the number of jews in Norway today. Segev proposes “some hundred”, while a commonly used figure is 1500. Read the entire article in Haaretz. Up until 1851 Jews were...