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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.

Dutch Freedom Party (PVV) leader Geert Wilders speaks during a debate on the coalition agreement between D66, VVD, and CDA and final report at the House of Representatives in The Hague on February 3, 2026. Photo by Jeroen Jumelet/ANP/AFP via Getty Images.
World News
Dutch parliament finally approves ban of Muslim Brotherhood
The ban was initiated by the right-wing Party for Freedom of Geert Wilders.
Mar. 18, 2026
Yossi Lempkowicz
Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun speaks at the JNS Visionary Leadership Assembly in New York City on Sept. 28, 2025, sharing how Jewish identity guides his work as U.S. special envoy–designate to combat antisemitism. Credit: JNS.
Antisemitism
‘There can be no illusion that the Iranian regime’s target is any Jewish community’
Mar. 16, 2026
Yossi Lempkowicz
U.S. Ambassador in Belgium Bill White (R) speaks to the press next to the mayor of Liege Willy Demeyer (L) outside the synagogue in Liege, eastern Belgium, after a pre-dawn blast damaged the building in what prosecutors said was being investigated as a suspected "terrorist" crime on March 9, 2026. Photo by John Thys/ AFP via Getty Images)
Antisemitism
US ambassador denounces Liège synagogue bombing as antisemitic attack
Mar. 11, 2026
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Herman Brusselmans
Antisemitism
Criminal complaint against Flemish author expected to be filed next week
“This is the Dreyfus trial of our era,” says Rabbi Menachem Margolin, chairman of the European Jewish Association.
Aug. 16, 2024
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Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian. Source: X.
World News
EU lawmakers slam move to attend inauguration of Iranian president
The E.U. will be represented at the swearing-in ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday in Tehran.
Jul. 30, 2024
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French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arrives for a meeting in Paris on strengthening security at Jewish community sites, Oct. 9, 2023. Photo by Bertrand Guay/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.
Antisemitism
Israelis at Paris Olympics to get reinforced protection
Far-left La France Insoumise party MP “put a target on the back” of Israeli athletes, using “antisemitic overtones,” according to France’s interior minister says
Jul. 23, 2024
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Bella Hadid in Midtown on July 11, 2024 in New York City. Photo by Gotham/GC Images.
Antisemitism
Adidas apologizes for ‘insensitive’ campaign with Bella Hadid
European Jewish Association chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin spoke to the company’s leadership about the ”deeply insensitive and painful” campaign given the murder of 11 Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists.
Jul. 21, 2024
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A meeting of rabbis associated with the Rabbinical Centre of Europe, in Ulm, Germany on Tuesday, May 29, 2019. Photo: EJP.
Jewish Life
European rabbis take to the streets in Ulm, Germany
Some 40 rabbis, accompanied by the mayor, walked the streets of Ulm in defiance of the warning from Germany’s anti-Semitism czar just days earlier for Jews not to wear a “kipah” in public.
May. 29, 2019
Yossi Lempkowicz
E.U. Parliament in Brussels. Credit: Andrijko Z. via Wikimedia Commons.
World News
European Parliament to vote on freezing aid to PA over school textbook incitement to violence
A call to vote follows the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education report that analyzed new Palestinian textbooks, proving that they “encourage Palestinian children to sacrifice their lives in the name of religion,” and “glorified martyrdom and violent resistance.”
Oct. 2, 2018
Yossi Lempkowicz
Pope Francis. Credit: Alfredo Borba via Wikimedia Commons.
Antisemitism
Pope Francis takes part in ceremony commemorating the liquidation of Vilnius Ghetto
Vilnius had been known for centuries as the “Jerusalem of the North” for its importance to Jewish thought and politics. Each year, the September anniversary is commemorated with readings of the names of Jews killed by Nazis or Lithuanian partisans or deported to concentration camps.
Sep. 25, 2018
Yossi Lempkowicz
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov, June 13, 2018. Photo by Haim Zach (GPO).
Antisemitism
Netanyahu thanks Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov for defending Israel in EU
The excellent bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Israel could be deepened and developed in a number of sectors, including technology.
Jun. 12, 2018
Yossi Lempkowicz
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