Holland

Palestinians appear as largest asylum seeker group in Netherlands early 2026 data

Dutch data shows asylum seekers with "unknown nationalities," largely consisting of Palestinians, formed the biggest group in early 2026 applications.

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather on the Zuiderstrand beach, during a protest against the violence in Gaza, on the sidelines of a NATO Summit, in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025.
Apple Museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands

Europe’s largest Apple museum opens in the Netherlands

Belgian military personnel armed with FN SCAR assault rifles stand guard outside a synagogue in central Antwerp as part of Belgium's reinforced security measures established at Jewish schools and synagogues, on March 23, 2026.

First cohort of Belgian soldiers take up position outside Jewish sites as security bolstered

Sign on the wall of an officially shut down branch of the Muslim Brotherhood is seen on January 14, 2026 in Amman, Jordan.

Dutch House of Representatives adopts motion to ban Muslim Brotherhood in the Netherlands


Google honors the life of Anne Frank with diary doodles

The Google doodles launched in over 25 countries, including the United States, Germany and the UK.

 Anne Frank, as illustrated by Google Doodles' Thoka Maer

The legacy of Holland's Jewish cantorial music

This year's Hanukkah concert would have been performed in the storied Main Hall of the Royal Concertgebouw, but it will be streamed online due to COVID restrictions.

 HANUKKAH CONCERT in previous years.

Dutch Reform rabbi says COVID-19 policies remind her of Nazi Germany

Tamarah Benima, an outspoken 71-year-old Reform rabbi from Amsterdam, made the comparison on Thursday in a speech in the northern Dutch city of Leeuwarden.

AMSTERDAM CANAL: At about 2 meters below sea-level, the city is built on 11 million support poles

Israelis to celebrate Rosh Hashanah without new restrictions

Hebrew U: Serious cases to drop under 500 within next week or two

 A CHILD takes a coronavirus test as part of a simulation presented by Sheba Medical Center for how pupils can return to study at the beginning of the new school year.

Antisemitic mural appears after Dutch soccer star joins ‘Jewish’ team Ajax

The mural contained the text "Jews always run away."

Football / soccer ball

Yad Vashem installs synagogue stained glass window that survived Holocaust

The stained glass that once hung in a synagogue in Holland now hang in Yad Vashem's synagogue as a reminder of the once-thriving Jewish community.

The shul in Holland where the stained-glass originally hung

Museum opens at one of Holland’s most infamous Nazi camps

National Monument Camp Amersfoort is a large, underground and dark space dominated by the portraits and personal stories of about 47,000 people who were imprisoned at the facility.

Holocaust museum in Oporto opens to the public.

Israeli-Dutch Jew leads new progressive party into Dutch parliament

Israeli- Dutch Jew Itay Garmy ran the campaign for a new progressive political party, Volt, which won three seats in this week’s national election.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Dutch Parliament.

The Dutch February Strike: The organized civilian protest against the Nazis

On Feb. 25, 1941, at least 100,000 Dutchmen stopped working to protest the Nazis’ persecution of Jews, bringing the economy to a halt for days.

Arrest of Dutch Jews by the Nazis, February 1941

Amsterdam museum's 'Haman as Hitler' Purim dolls have a storied tradition

The puppets would often get burned, “but in Europe this led to hostility from non-Jews who thought the Jews were burning effigies of Christians, so it stopped [there],” historian Yuval Malachi said.

Puppets of Mordechai and Hitler made by Nechama Mayer-Hirsch in 1951.