Sweden

The Other Kindertransport Sarah Wildman, Forward. We know about the thousands of Jewish children sheltered in wartime Britain.  For 75 years, though, no one knew about the smaller group ferried to Denmark, Sweden, and Palestine.

Strindberg’s Inferno Brooke Allen, New Criterion. Yes, August Strindberg took some racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic positions.  But at significant moments of his life he vigorously championed both Jews and women.

Marching in Malmo Cnaan Liphshiz, Times of Israel. Facing a hostile population and an unsympathetic mayor, anti-Semitic attacks have become a matter of course for the Jews of Malmo, Sweden. But now they are fighting back. 

Swedes Wear Kippot—with Police Protection Ilya Meyer, Jerusalem Post. Sweden recently saw a striking event: Swedish Jews, normally invisible, demonstrating by wearing kippot en masse.  They needed the police guard to protect against Islamic extremists.