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Yuval Raphael
May 14, 2025, 2:20 pm
Israel’s Eurovision contestant says she’s focused on the music, not the protests
Yuval Raphael, a Nova music festival survivor, takes the stage in the competition semifinals on Thursday
By Philissa Cramer (JTA)
A protester makes a threatening gesture toward Israel’s delegation during the Eurovision parade in Basel. Screenshot: X
May 13, 2025, 8:18 am
Israeli Eurovision star targeted in Basel with throat-slitting gesture as hate crime probe launched
Survivor of Nova massacre greeted by pro-Palestinian mob as security is ramped up for Saturday’s final
By Annabel Sinclair
Yuval Raphael
May 8, 2025, 12:43 pm
Israel urges Eurovision visitors to leave Jewish symbols at home
National Security Council warns of possible violence at protests near the contest venue in Switzerland
By Annabel Sinclair
Swiss fencing team turns back on Israeli team at U23 championships Photo Credit: TEAM BIZZI
April 28, 2025, 7:56 pm
Swiss fencers turn backs on Israeli champions during medal ceremony
Israeli fencers secured gold in Estonia, as Swiss opponents faced backlash over a controversial podium protest
By Annabel Sinclair
Palestine flag
April 28, 2025, 7:51 pm
Eurovision to allow Palestinian flags under revised rules
Performers at the song contest will still be restricted to displaying only their national flags, with political messaging strictly banned on stage
By Annabel Sinclair
Israeli President Isaac Herzog recreates the iconic photo of Theodor Herzl in Basel to mark the 125tth anniversary of the First Zionist Congress
August 29, 2022, 6:10 pm
Switzerland event marks 125th anniversary of First Zionist Congress
Gathering organised by the World Zionist Organisation, a group inaugurated during the First Zionist Congress that Theodor Herzl convened in Basel in 1897.
By JTA
June 30, 2022, 5:14 pm
The Swiss Riviera is ‘Vevey’ tempting
Food, wine and Charlie Chaplin make for a great itinerary on a trip to Switzerland
By Beatrice Sayers
Visitor enter and exit the Zürich At House in Zurich, Switzerland on Aug. 5, 2011. (Wikimedia Commons)
December 29, 2021, 9:39 am
Artist wants museum to take down paintings over concerns they were stolen in Shoah
Swiss-Jew Miriam Cahn asks Zurich Art Museum to return her works over the possibility they were obtained by the Nazis from Jews under duress
By JTA
Muslim women in headscarves (Photo by Hasan Almasi on Unsplash)
March 13, 2021, 1:54 pm
Swiss Jews join Muslims in protesting referendum banning face-covering veils
Jewish federation said the bad, which was passed last week, ‘restricts and violates several conditions of religious freedom’
By JTA
A surveillance camera can be seen next to a Star of David (Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa)
February 12, 2021, 3:27 pm
Pig meat left outside two Swiss synagogues
Swiss Jewish groups claims the incidents were a deliberate attempt to desecrate the shuls by far-right activists
By JTA
Photo by Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash
October 4, 2020, 11:41 am
Swiss lottery scratch card uses the phrase ‘gassed Jew’
State-owned lottery firm says sorry for crossword puzzle which appeared to feature an offensive term
By JTA
Posts and barbed-wire at Auschwitz I - Photo by Pawel Sawicki © Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum - Musealia
September 4, 2020, 11:20 am
Prominent Swiss activist for Holocaust education, Gabor Hirsch, dies at 90
Hungary-born survivor remembered for founding organisation giving a 'Contact point' for other victims
Lord Carlile, Dame Margaret Hodge, Lord Howard and Baroness Neville-Jones were key British signatories to the letter
June 24, 2020, 12:27 pm
More than 1,000 European parliamentarians sign letter against annexation
Lawmakers from 25 countries, including former Tory leader Lord Howard and ex-independent reviewer of terror legislation, Lord Carlile, flag 'serious concerns' over Israel's plans
By Jewish News Reporter
Peter Hain, Jack Straw, Ben Bradshaw and Sir Alan Duncan
February 27, 2020, 2:42 pm
Trump peace deal ‘evokes chilling associations’ with apartheid South Africa
Former Foreign Office ministers sign open letter from other politicians criticising the 'Deal Of The Century'
By Jewish News Reporter
The magnificent Grand Hotel-National overlooking Lake Luscerne
September 6, 2019, 1:18 pm
Swiss you already!
Lucy Daltroff explores Lucerne’s links to William Turner, while enjoying this historic city encircled by stunning lakes and mountains
By Lucy Daltroff
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