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The taskforce recommends that university and college administrators take a more consistent approach towards individuals who create unsafe conditions on campus, remove offensive banners more quickly, and ensure that Jewish events can proceed without disruption.

Dozens of anti-Israel protesters demonstrated against a presentation by Cantor Shai Abramson. During the protest, one of the demonstrators threw a smoke grenade at the building.

€750,000 per year in additional funding will be made available to support secondary schools in organising Holocaust-related educational activities.

Among the planned initiatives is the creation of a free Amsterdam-Yiddish dictionary, which will highlight the community’s cultural contributions. The municipality also intends to expand the De Joodse Stad project to all districts and Weesp, showcasing Jewish life, history, and traditions both past and present.

According to the Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall, the decision was rescinded as a legal battle “would not be good for anyone—not for the Concertgebouw and certainly not for the city of Amsterdam.”

The Chanukkah Concert Foundation said the cancellation contributes to “the isolation the Jewish community feels it is being pushed into in the current era,” even as the concert hall stated it will “always remain a place where the Jewish community is welcome.”