Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on potential new ties with Africa and President Herzog's trip to the US; Diaspora reporter Canaan Lidor on chief rabbi's chastisement of Ben Gvir

Though there are at most around 3,000 speakers in Sweden today, the three shows filled nearly to capacity reflect the popularity of the official minority language

In new a cappella choral work, Swedish art music composer Jacob Mühlrad holds a dialogue with his deceased grandfather, using his harrowing testimony and texts by Elie Wiesel

Mattias Amster is first locally born and raised rabbi to hold pulpit in capital; says still uncommon for people to see a religious Jew, but 'not scared' about anti-Semitism

Emergency Preparedness Museum claims rights to image used by writer Aron Flam to depict World War II propaganda; lawsuit is thrown out of court

Far-right extremists carried out coordinated campaign in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland on Jewish holy day, says World Jewish Congress

Swedish Jewish community largely favors government's lenient approach to pandemic, but is still taking precautions, including closing synagogue for 1st time, canceling camps

Initially, IKEA's Ingvar Kamprad was happy to cooperate with Elisabeth Åsbrink's book on his Jewish friend. Then she found a 1943 file showing he'd been a Swedish Nazi party member

Death rate among Swedish Jews 14 times higher than their share of the population; country implements Europe's most lax containment policies

Two reality TV show participants show get booted for anti-Jewish statements, another has history of neo-Nazi support, as leaders cite growing threat to community of 20,000