The Local Sweden https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 'There are many ways of being Swedish, and being Jewish is just one of them' When The Local visited Stockholm's newly reopened Jewish Museum, its director explained that her hope is to help combat anti-Semitism and xenophobia by integrating Jewish stories into Swedish history. https://www.thelocal.se/20190613/a-look-inside-swedens-newly-re-opened-jewish-museum-stockholm Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:59:59 +0200 a-look-inside-swedens-newly-re-opened-jewish-museum-stockholm Jewish leader: Banning Islamic calls to prayer won't help integration in Sweden The head of one of Sweden’s leading Jewish organizations says that indiscriminately preventing Mosques from holding calls to prayer would damage integration in the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20180316/jewish-leader-banning-islamic-calls-to-prayer-wont-help-integration-in-sweden Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:52:47 +0100 jewish-leader-banning-islamic-calls-to-prayer-wont-help-integration-in-sweden 'All forms of anti-Semitic expression are unacceptable': Muslim and Jewish leaders react to anti-Semitic attacks in Sweden Jewish and Muslim leaders say that there needs to be more dialogue between religious groups in Sweden about anti-Semitism, following a weekend marred by anti-Semitic incidents in the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20171211/all-forms-of-anti-semitic-expression-are-unacceptable-muslim-and-jewish-leaders-react-to-anti-semitic-attacks-in-sweden Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:05:37 +0100 all-forms-of-anti-semitic-expression-are-unacceptable-muslim-and-jewish-leaders-react-to-anti-semitic-attacks-in-sweden Swedish Jews to appeal neo-Nazi march near synagogue Sweden's main organization for Jews is appealing a police decision to grant the openly racist neo-Nazi group the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) permission to stage a march near a synagogue in Gothenburg on September 30th. https://www.thelocal.se/20170911/swedish-jews-to-appeal-neo-nazi-march-permit-synagogue Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:10:32 +0200 swedish-jews-to-appeal-neo-nazi-march-permit-synagogue Swedes to get Raoul Wallenberg memorial day Top Swedish politicians and Raoul Wallenberg's own sister on Thursday introduced an official memorial day for the "great Swede", who saved 100,000 people from the Holocaust in Budapest during World War 2, citing the need to fight today's anti-Semitism and its modern "anti-Islam kin". https://www.thelocal.se/20130104/45422 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:36:00 +0100 45422 Jews better at sex than Christians: theologian Jews are better at sex than Christians, according to a Swedish theology professor speaking at the Hönö Conference of Christian faith groups organised each year off the west coast of Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20100709/27708 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:17:00 +0200 27708 School's licence removed over single-sex teaching An independent Jewish school in Gothenburg has had its licence taken away by authorities for teaching boys and girls separately. https://www.thelocal.se/20070619/7651 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:58:00 +0200 7651 Persson: Attitudes to Jews 'shameful' Göran Persson has said the results of a survey indicating that many Swedes are anti-Semitic are "shameful". https://www.thelocal.se/20060314/3274-2 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:12:00 +0100 3274-2