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Sweden

Malmö Imam who called Jews “offspring of monkeys and pigs” charged with incitement

An imam in Malmö who called Jews "the offspring of monkeys and pigs" has been charged with incitement to hatred.

Swedish Jewish communities critical of establishment halt for religious schools

The Official Council of Swedish Jewish Communities has criticised a proposed halt on establishing new independent religious schools and leisure centres by the Swedish Ministry of Education.

A person was removed from a bus in Malmö for wearing a Jewish Symbol

A bus driver in Malmö, Sweden, asked a person wearing a Jewish symbol on a piece of clothing to get off a bus.

More than 1 in 4 hate crimes in Sweden target Jewish community

Antisemitic incidents accounted for 27 percent of all religious hate crimes in 2020 in Sweden, where Jews make up 0.1% of the population.

Jewish organisations criticise Church of Sweden’s ‘Israel apartheid investigation’

The Official Council of Swedish Jewish Communities has criticised a decision by the Church Council of the Church of Sweden to conduct an investigation whether Israel is an "apartheid state."

Sweden’s national theater stages its first-ever Yiddish production

Actors in this weekend’s production of “Waiting for Godot” at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm performed neither in the classic play’s original English nor in Swedish translation.
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