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News and updates about Switzerland

Swiss university's Jewish studies professor must be Catholic

The University of Lucerne is seeking its next Jewish studies professor. Jews need not apply.

Swiss university's Jewish studies professor must be Catholic

Tragedy in Switzerland: Son of hassidic rebbe killed in paragliding accident

Avrohom Moshe Rabinowitz was the grandson of the Lugano Biala Rebbe, Rabbi Bezalel Simcha Rabinowicz.

Son of hassidic rebbe killed in paragliding accident

Paralyzed man walks again with spinal and brain implants

Study by Swiss researchers successfully implants paralyzed man with device allowing him to walk and move his arms.

Paralyzed man walks again with spinal and brain implants

Switzerland to fund national memorial for Holocaust victims

Switzerland’s executive body agrees to help pay for the country’s first national memorial to honor the victims of the Holocaust.

Switzerland to fund national memorial for Holocaust victims

WJC: Credit Suisse must reinstate investigation into Nazi ties

Wold Jewish Congress urges bank to rehire investigators looking into new claims of Nazi accounts.

WJC: Credit Suisse must reinstate investigation into Nazi ties

Massive Nazi monument in Swiss cemetery stirring controversy

Enormous stone carving created by Nazis in 1938 leading the Swiss to reexamine the truth of their relationship to the 3rd Reich during WWII.

Massive Nazi monument in Swiss cemetery stirring controversy

Swiss Jewish leaders warn of increase in antisemitic attacks

New study finds 'emerging subculture' of antisemitism, calls for government to monitor antisemitism, enact hate speech laws.

Swiss Jewish leaders warn of increase in antisemitic attacks

Man with explosives arrested outside Switzerland's Parliament

Police in Switzerland’s capital of Bern evacuate Parliament after man arrested near one of its entrances and found to be bearing explosives.

Man with explosives arrested outside Parliament

Geneva lawmakers move to ban Nazi symbols

Politicians from Swiss canton put forward bill to ban Nazi symbols, but measure needs to pass referendum before becoming law.

Geneva lawmakers move to ban Nazi symbols

Swiss Jews praise commission’s support of Nazi symbol ban

Group representing Swiss Jewish communities calls for banning Nazi symbols as first step to comprehensive hate symbol ban.

Swiss Jews praise commission’s support of Nazi symbol ban

Swiss Jews call for banning Nazi symbols

Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities calls for ban as first step towards banning all racist and extremist symbols.

Swiss Jews call for banning Nazi symbols

Switzerland launches commission on art looted by Nazis

Database will also be created to list and research provenance of suspected looted works of art.

Switzerland launches commission on art looted by Nazis

Pres. Herzog in Switzerland: 'Iran's behavior cannot be met with silence'

'Switzerland is strategically positioned, IAEA's independence is critical,' Israel's Pres. Herzog tells Switzerland's Pres. Cassis.

'Iran's behavior cannot be met with silence'

President Herzog will join commemoration of first Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog will make an official visit to the Swiss Confederation on Monday

Pres. Herzog will join commemoration of first Zionist Congress

Watch: Biden makes another stumble on the world stage

'I'm getting overly anxious', said the President as he confused two leading European nations.

Watch: Biden makes another stumble on the world stage

Germany, Switzerland arrest 4 ISIS sympathizers

Four suspected members of ISIS detained in Germany and Switzerland in a cross-border operation.

Germany, Switzerland arrest 4 ISIS sympathizers

Swiss Jews gather to discuss how to help Ukrainian refugees

Meetings take place after 300 Ukrainian Jewish refugees have found a home in Switzerland.

Swiss Jews gather to discuss how to help Ukrainian refugees

The week ahead - two conferences in Davos that will affect your life

Both the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum are having their conferences from the 22-28th of May, in Switzerland. Op-ed.

The week ahead - two conferences in Davos that will affect you

Infamous French comedian Dieudonné sentenced in Switzerland for antisemitism

Dieudonné sentenced on appeal by Geneva court for 2019 performances that included “racial discrimination, defamation and insult.”

Swiss court sentences infamous French comedian for antisemitism

Swiss Jews to unveil memorial to Holocaust victims

The Swiss Jewish community is honoring the victims of the Holocaust with a memorial at the Jewish cemetery in Davos.

Swiss Jews to unveil memorial to Holocaust victims

Switzerland to create memorial to victims of Nazism

The Swiss government has approved the creation of a memorial for the victims of Nazism.

Switzerland to create memorial to victims of Nazism

Two Orthodox Jews elected to Zurich city council

Two Orthodox Jewish candidates have been elected to Zurich’s municipal council, winning seats in elections last weekend.

Two Orthodox Jews elected to Zurich city council

Swiss Jewish orgs slam government decision not to ban Nazi symbols

Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities denounces federal government's decision as incomprehensible.

Swiss Jewish orgs slam gov decision not to ban Nazi symbols

Swiss Jews meet with Zurich mayor over suspected Nazi-linked art collection

Controversial collection was previously denounced by Swiss Jewish community for containing works of art stolen by Nazis from French Jews.

Swiss Jews in talks over suspected Nazi-linked art collection

26-year old Orthodox Jew makes run for Zurich Council seat

If elected, Jehuda Spielman would become the only Orthodox Jew on a city council in Switzerland.

26-year old Orthodox Jew makes run for Zurich Council seat

Swiss-Jewish artist wants museum to take down her paintings

Swiss-Jewish artist wants museum to take down her paintings over concerns about art purchased from Jews under duress during WWII.

Why this Jewish artist wants a museum to remove her paintings

Jewish artist asks Swiss museum housing Nazi arms dealer's collection to remove her work

Painter and sculptor Miriam Cahn denounces Zurich museum for "whitewashing" Nazi links of a large permanent collection of paintings.

Jewish artist asks controversial Swiss museum to remove her work

Swiss Jews accuse private art collection of Nazi-era origins

Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities denounces private art collection for allegedly containing pieces stolen from Jews by the Nazis.

Swiss Jews accuse private art collection of Nazi-era origins

Switzerland bars entry of Israelis due to new COVID-19 variant

Germany, UK, join list of countries where new 'Omicron' variant from South Africa has been identified.

Switzerland bars entry of Israelis due to new COVID-19 variant

Abbas: We are extending our hands to the Israelis

PA chairman calls on Israel to start a new political track based on the two-state solution.

Abbas: We are extending our hands to the Israelis

PM Bennett to Swiss President: 'Take action against progress of Iran's nuclear project'

PM Naftali Bennett requests that Swiss Confederation, as a member of IAEA council, take decisive action against Iran's nuclear project.

PM to Swiss President: 'Take action against Iran'

Switzerland: Protesters march in Bern against COVID restrictions

Large numbers of police block off streets in Bern on Thursday amid protests against COVID-19 measures.

Switzerland: Protesters march in Bern against COVID restrictions

Swiss Jewish community slams Swiss Press Council’s pro-BDS stance

Swiss Jewish Federation outraged after country's press council rules against magazine that printed article linking BDS to anti-Semitism.

Swiss Jewish community slams Swiss Press Council’s pro-BDS take

Swiss government adopts IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

Country's government reiterates that it "firmly and unequivocally opposes any form of anti-Semitism."

Swiss government adopts IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

Swiss Muslim and Jewish groups speak out against 'burqa ban'

The ban on face-covering veils was approved in a referendum on Sunday.

Swiss Muslim and Jewish groups speak out against 'burqa ban'

Swiss voters back ban on full face coverings

Vote on “burqa ban” comes after years of debate in Switzerland following similar bans in other European countries.

Swiss voters back ban on full face coverings

Email to Jewish lawmaker: 'This time, it's the Muslims who will deal with you'

Hate mail to French-Jewish lawmaker tells her to ‘prepare for the camps.’

Hate mail: 'This time, it's the Muslims who will deal with you'

Pig meat left outside 2 Swiss synagogues

Pig meat left outside Lausanne and Geneva synagogues in incidents said to be carried out by different individuals.

Pig meat left outside 2 Swiss synagogues

Police not ruling out 'terrorist motives' in Switzerland attack

Police in Switzerland say "terrorist motives" cannot be excluded in incident in which woman attacked two others in Lugano supermarket.

Police not ruling out 'terrorist motives' in Switzerland attack

Swiss lottery scratch card uses the phrase ‘gassed Jew’

State-owned lottery company in Switzerland apologizes for crossword scratch card that appeared to feature the word combination.

Swiss lottery scratch card uses the phrase ‘gassed Jew’