Swiss university's Jewish studies professor must be Catholic
The University of Lucerne is seeking its next Jewish studies professor. Jews need not apply.
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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.
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.
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.
WJC: Credit Suisse must reinstate investigation into Nazi ties
Wold Jewish Congress urges bank to rehire investigators looking into new claims of Nazi accounts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 call for banning Nazi symbols
Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities calls for ban as first step towards banning all racist and extremist 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.
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.
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
Watch: Biden makes another stumble on the world stage
'I'm getting overly anxious', said the President as he confused two leading European nations.
Germany, Switzerland arrest 4 ISIS sympathizers
Four suspected members of ISIS detained in Germany and Switzerland in a cross-border operation.
Swiss Jews gather to discuss how to help Ukrainian refugees
Meetings take place after 300 Ukrainian Jewish refugees have found a home in Switzerland.
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.
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 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.
Switzerland to create memorial to victims of Nazism
The Swiss government has approved the creation of a memorial for the 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.
Swiss Jewish orgs slam government decision not to ban Nazi symbols
Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities denounces federal government's decision as incomprehensible.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 government adopts IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
Country's government reiterates that it "firmly and unequivocally opposes any form 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 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.
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.’
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.
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.
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.
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