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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.

Antwerp
Antisemitism
Antwerp bowling alley employees fired following antisemitic incident
”We offer our sincere apologies to anyone who feels hurt or excluded by this. This behavior absolutely does not fit with the values of Gamestate, where inclusivity, respect and fun are paramount,” said Gamestate owner Roel Veltmeijer..
May. 7, 2025
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Naples, Italy. Credit: Pixabay.
Antisemitism
Israelis kicked out of restaurant in Naples for being ‘Zionists’
“We touched with our own hands what antisemitism is,” declared Geula Mozes.
May. 6, 2025
Yossi Lempkowicz
San Remo, Italian Riviera, 1920: Lloyd George, Francesco Saverio Nitti and others standing. Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images.
News
San Remo at 105: The conference that helped pave the way for modern Israel
“While modern Israel is accused by some of land-grabbing and settler colonialism, what happened in San Remo in 1920 was precisely the opposite,” said the founding director of the European Coalition for Israel.
May. 5, 2025
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Alice Weidel (center), federal chairwoman and candidate for chancellor of the AfD, celebrates with party federal chairperson Tino Chrupalla (left) as they react to the exit poll results at AfD headquarters in Berlin, on Feb. 23, 2025. Photo by Soren Stache-POOL/Getty Images.
World News
Germany’s AfD party labeled ‘extremist’ by intel agency
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution cited “xenophobic, anti-minority, Islamophobic” rhetoric among the reasons for the designation.
May. 5, 2025
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Holocaust museum in Jerusalem
Antisemitism
Plaque in memory of deported Jewish children vandalized in Marseille
City officials condemned the vandalism, calling it “intolerable” • A suspect was arrested shortly after the act.
May. 4, 2025
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Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau speaks during a debate on narcotraffic at the French National Assembly in Paris, on April 29, 2025. Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images.
Antisemitism
France starts proceeding to dissolve anti-Israel activist group
Some Urgence Palestine rallies have been banned because of antisemitism and calls for violence.
May. 2, 2025
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Mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema (center) looks on as she attends Netherlands' National Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Amsterdam, marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, on Jan. 26, 2025. Photo by Ramon van Flymen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images.
World News
Jewish orgs welcome mayor’s apology for Amsterdam’s role in WWII persecution of Jews
Speaking at an event marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said that civil servants in Amsterdam played an active role in the murder of some thousands of Jewish citizens of the city.
Apr. 28, 2025
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Employees work under an element of the stage during a press visit at the St. Jakobshalle multi-purpose indoor arena that will host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, April 15, 2025. Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images.
World News
Eurovision head rejects calls for boycott of Israel
“Events like Eurovision are about reminding the world of the best it can be. What matters is what unites us, not what divides us.”
Apr. 23, 2025
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Pro-Palestinian students from the Université libre de Bruxelles march from campus to the Israeli embassy in Brussels for a protest on March 25, 2025. Photo by Bob Reijnders/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images.
Antisemitism
Posters denouncing antisemitism at Belgian university torn down
At the Université libre de Bruxelles, Jewish students said they don’t feel safe.
Apr. 18, 2025
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Metropolitan police officers are seen patrolling the ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in Stamford Hill, north London on Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images.
Antisemitism
London Jewish community receives defaced Passover package
The package, part of a matzo distribution campaign led by the European Jewish Association, was marked with the words “Free Palestine Gaza.”
Apr. 9, 2025
Yossi Lempkowicz
Swedish Left MP Lorena Delgado Varas. Source: Screenshot.
Antisemitism
EJA calls for Swedish MP to apologize or be expelled for sharing antisemitic image
The image, reposted by Swedish Left MP Lorena Delgado Varas, is “stomach churning” and “pure antisemitism,” wrote the head of advocacy at the European Jewish Association.
Apr. 9, 2025
Yossi Lempkowicz
Police officers stand guard at the Synagoge Agudas Achim in Zurich, Switzerland on March 3, 2024, after an Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed, late on March 2, 2024. Photo by Arnd Wiegmann/AFP via Getty Images.
Antisemitism
Unprecedented level of antisemitism in Switzerland in 2024
The situation is particularly alarming in French-speaking Switzerland where a rise of almost 90 percent of antisemitic incidents has been recorded.
Apr. 2, 2025
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