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Yossi Lempkowicz

Yossi Lempkowicz

Yossi Lempkowicz is the Editor-in-Chief of European Jewish Press and Senior Media Advisor at the Europe Israel Press Association. A political science and diplomacy graduate, he is a passionate advocate for Israel, frequently appearing on radio, television, and in print to provide analysis and counter media bias. Discover his insights on European-Israeli relations, policies, and diplomacy.

Members of the Jewish community and others in Athens, Greece, hold a silent protest after a Jewish cemetery was desecrated.
Jewish community of Athens holds silent protest after desecration of Jewish cemetery
The Jewish community of Athens on Sunday formed a living human circle around the Jewish cemetery of the city in a silent protest to show that anti-Semitism will not be tolerated in Greece.
May. 13, 2018
Yossi Lempkowicz
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint press conference at the Prime Minster's Office in Jerusalem on March 7, 2016. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90
U.S. News
Romanian president denounces ‘secret deals with the Jews’ to move its embassy to Jerusalem
He pointed to the “secret memorandum” adopted by other officials last week—namely, head of the Social Democratic Party Livius Dragnea and Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă, who are visiting Israel. He opposes the move, saying he was not informed beforehand.
Apr. 29, 2018
Yossi Lempkowicz
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Feb. 7, 2017. Photo by Isaac Harari/Flash90.
World News
Prime Minister Charles Michel declares: ‘Belgium without Jews is not Belgium’
“Every day, our values are put to the test; anti-Semitic and denial acts are still committed in Belgium. I cannot accept it. Our country can not accept it,” he said.
Apr. 26, 2018
Yossi Lempkowicz
German Foreign Minister Katarina Barley. Photo by Olaf Kosinsky/Wikimedia Commons.
Antisemitism
‘Anti-Semitism is becoming socially acceptable again,’ warns German Justice Minister
According to Germany’s anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein, an estimated “1,500 anti-Semitic attacks are registered by police every year.”
Apr. 25, 2018
Yossi Lempkowicz
Distressed teenagers walk away from the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse, France, on March 19, 2012, where a man opened fire and killed a 30-year-old teacher and three young children, age 3, 6 and 10. Credit: EPA/MAXPPP/XAVIER DE FENOYL.
Israel News
Some 250 signatories demand national fight against rabid anti-Semitism in France
“We demand that the fight against this democratic failure that is anti-Semitism becomes a national cause before it’s too late. Before France is no longer France,” reads the manifesto co-signed by several politicians from the left and right.
Apr. 22, 2018
Yossi Lempkowicz
Marchers honor the memory of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll, 85, who was murdered in March 2018 in an anti-Semitic attack. Credit: European Jewish Press.
Antisemitism
Thousands march in Paris following murder of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll, 85
The rally, from the Place de la Nation to the victim’s home in the 11th arrondissement (district) of Paris, was marred by the presence of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen, leaders of the extreme left and extreme right.
Mar. 28, 2018
Yossi Lempkowicz
Mireille Knoll, the 85-year-old Jewish woman brutally murdered in her apartment, was a Holocaust survivor. She had managed to evade as a child the 1942 Vel d’Hiv Nazi-directed roundup by French police of more than 13,000 Jews who were sent to Nazi death camps.
Jewish Life
Shock and emotion follow barbaric murder of Holocaust survivor in Paris
The umbrella representative body of French Jewish organizations has called for a March 28 rally in Paris in memory of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Jewish woman brutally killed in her apartment.
Mar. 27, 2018
Yossi Lempkowicz
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