Iceland and the Jews: 9 Little Known Facts
Exploring the surprising Jewish connections to Iceland.
The Academy Awards are coming up and
Husavik, the song from
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Ice Sage has been nominated for an Oscar. If that s not a good enough reason to explore the Jewish connection to Iceland, what is?
A stunningly beautiful, sparsely inhabited Nordic country in the North Atlantic, Iceland has only 360,000 people and has been settled for only a little more than a thousand years. It might seem that Iceland is a country devoid of Jews, but in fact Jews have lived in Iceland for generations. Here are 9 little known facts about Jews and Iceland.