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Attacks have spiked before during times of conflict in Israel, but this time Jewish leaders, from Paris to Berlin, are sounding very pessimistic and questioning their future
Amid a surge in hate crimes, prominent European Jews worry the war against antisemitism has been lost May 28, 2021 3:15 pm Demonstrators cross their arms at a rally against antisemitism in Cologne, Germany, May 20, 2021. (Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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AMSTERDAM (JTA) In Germany, a man wearing a kippah was beaten on the street. In Austria, a student was harassed on the train for reading a book mentioning Jews in the title.
In London, a nurse said she was threatened at her hospital for wearing a Star of David necklace. And in Belgium, an Orthodox Jewish woman was told “Get away, dirty Jewess” by a man with whom she tried to share a park bench.