times of israel
Cnaan Liphshiz 15 July 2018, 5:02 am
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/under-neo-nazi-and-jihadist-bullying-swedish-jewish-communities-are-shuttering/In addition to violent harassment from two Jew-hating populations, Swedish Jews also must live under government-enforced strict secularismMALMO, Sweden (JTA) — When Carinne Sjoberg dissolved the Jewish Community of Umea in northern Sweden, she knew it would send shock waves far beyond the small congregation that she had spent decades building.
The move in May is owed to intimidation by neo-Nazis, making it the first time in decades that a Jewish organization in Western Europe acknowledged that it felt compelled to close shop over safety concerns.
Neo-Nazis from the Nordic Resistance Movement, beginning in 2016, pasted stickers with fascist imagery on Umea’s Jewish community center, “making the place look like after Kristallnacht,†Sjoberg said. The closure followed surveillance activity on the center by the neo-Nazis, who published details about individual visitors.