Father | Husband | Secretary General EJA | Chair IPAC Alumni Council | Entrepreneur | Board Member | Former MEP | World-record Paralympian

Ystad, Sverige
Joined October 2008
Play this song today. Stream it, add it to a playlist, send it to one friend who needs to hear it. Because Boy George just paid a price most artists never will. He lost a West End role, his label refused to release the song and Bandcamp took it down. All for writing "We Will Dance Again", a song that stands with Israel and the victims of Nova. He did not back down. Now it is on every streaming service. While too many stay silent or join the boycotts, one of the biggest voices in British pop sang what he believes. Respect, Boy George. Let's make sure the world hears it. open.spotify.com/track/01eOH…
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People of Ireland, part 3. Many of you told me: "We have nothing against Jews, only against Israel." How can you be against genocide, and in the same breath wish death on another people? And is this how you treat anyone else you disagree with? I'm waiting for your answers. @MichealMartinTD @EJAssociation
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Bad news travels fast and wide. Good news like this one should too. Beirut is now helping search for the bodies of Jewish leaders kidnapped and murdered in Lebanon's civil war. Isac Sasson. Dr. Elie Hallak. Salim Jamous. Lebanon once had 20,000 Jews. Today about twenty remain, and after decades of silence a scattered community is hoping to finally bring its own home. Stories where trust is slowly being built are rarely as clickworthy. They should be, and that is up to us. Read it, share it, and help it travel as far as the bad news does. @JTAnews apnews.com/article/lebanon-j…
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This is what victory looks like. Kibbutz Be'eri, where 102 people were murdered on October 7, has just opened a world-class bike park for its children. The ceremony was led by Aya Meidan, who survived the Hamas ambush on her way to her Saturday morning ride. Fourteen murdered cyclists were honored, and then the children rode. "A place that will bring joy back to our children," she said. They tried to break this community. Instead, Be'eri rides again. Am Yisrael Chai. @TimesofIsrael jewishstandard.timesofisrael…
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Pressure works. After last night's shame in Split, where Hajduk ultras marched with a coffin chanting "Auschwitz, Auschwitz" and "Get up, Adolf" before their UEFA match against Ajax, things are finally moving. Croatia's government has condemned the chants glorifying the Nazi regime. Police have opened a criminal investigation to identify and prosecute those responsible. The club has apologized to UEFA and Ajax. Good. But apologies are not enough. UEFA must act, and act hard. People who glorify Hitler do not belong on a European pitch, or anywhere else in a free society. @AFCAjax telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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Justice in Hamburg. Two men have been sentenced to 8.5 and 4.5 years in prison for preparing antisemitic attacks in Germany on behalf of Iran. The plot was run from Aarhus, Denmark, and stopped thanks to Danish intelligence. Read that again: Tehran is hiring killers to murder Jews on European soil. This is not protest. This is not politics. This is terror, directed by a regime at war with the Jewish people. Europe must treat it as such. Grateful to the officers who stopped them. @berlingske dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/maend-…
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Something beautiful happened this week. Morocco just opened a state-funded museum of Jewish culture in Fez, with 2,500 years of Jewish life told in Arabic, Amazigh, Hebrew and French. Since joining the Abraham Accords, Morocco has chosen bridges over boycotts. While voices in Europe push to boycott Israel and shut Jewish culture out, Morocco is opening its doors wider. This is what coexistence looks like when it is real. Europe, take note. Thank you, Morocco. @Jerusalem_Post jpost.com/diaspora/article-9…
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Good news for Gothenburg. Israeli defense tech company Elbit is opening its first European production center for laser warning systems in my former hometown, with 100+ jobs. While some in Europe talk about isolating Israel, Israeli innovation is choosing Gothenburg, and Sweden is choosing partnership. This is what real friendship looks like: shared security, Swedish jobs, and technology that protects lives. Tack, Elbit. Välkomna till Göteborg! @ElbitSystemsLtd @Calcalistech calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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Thank you, Katharina Von Schnurbein for your tireless commitment to combating antisemitism and supporting Jewish life in Europe. EJA is deeply grateful for your dedication to Jewish communities. Congratulations and every success in your upcoming role in Germany. @EUAntisemitism @MargolinRabbi
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Happy for Germany, sad for Brussels. I have known Katharina von Schnurbein since 2019, and she is a true champion. For Europe's Jewish communities she was a voice, a shield and a friend inside the European Commission. Now Germany gets her, and I could not be happier for them. Europe must not lose her fire. Every government should fight antisemitism with her kind of courage. Congratulations, dear Katharina. @kschnurbein @JuedischeOnline tagesschau.de/inland/innenpo…
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Imagine being told to hide who you are. That is the reality for Ireland's Jews today. Yesterday in Dublin, Maurice Cohen said what so many feel: no one should have to choose between being proudly Irish and proudly Jewish. I stand with him. This is spreading across Europe, but sadly Ireland leads the way. The test is simple: can Jews live openly and safely? Fund security. Enforce the hate crime laws. Let Jewish life flourish. Let Ireland hear it. @BoardofDeputies irishtimes.com/politics/2026…
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Stockholm 1 - Oslo 0. Oslo rewarded an antisemite with the peace prize, one who will never contribute to peace in the Middle East. Stockholm rewarded knowledge that actually makes lives better. Congratulations to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford on the 2026 prize in economic sciences. Behind every inflation figure are people trying to make ends meet. Knowledge matters when it makes lives better. @NobelPrize nobelprize.org/prizes/econom…
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Yesterday, Frankfurt awarded the first Georg Stefan Troller Prize for reporting on Jewish life. I celebrate the journalists telling these stories. Jewish life deserves headlines for its creativity, not only its crises. More voices = more Jewish life. @JuedischeOnline @n1ckism @Jo_Schultheis juedische-allgemeine.de/kult…
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Yesterday in Brussels, marchers chanted "Intifada." So I have one question for everyone marching against Israel in Europe's streets: if your problem is only with Israel, why do Jews in Europe feel so much less safe? Tell the truth. 👇 @EJAssociation
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Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Now their suffering is being weaponized to demonize the one Jewish state at pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Stockholm. This is Holocaust distortion. This is a desecration of the victims’ memory. This is wrong on so many levels.
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A Nazi salute on the streets of London, in 2026. Let that sink in. @JewishChron reports an arrest at yesterday's march. This is not activism, it is open hatred. Europe must protect peaceful protest and confront antisemitism with the full force of the law. Now, not after the next tragedy. @antisemitism thejc.com/news/uk/twenty-arr…
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Hamas is congratulating the Nobel Peace Prize winner. The world is truly upside down.
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Antisemitic threats are rising everywhere in Europe. Now Lithuania, where volunteers are left to guard synagogues without clear safety guidance. I share the community's call: prevention, not only response. Governments must act before it is too late. lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2…
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Varför flyttar SVT fokus mot Gaza på 7 oktober? SVT borde ställa sig en enkel fråga: Varför fick offren för Hamas massaker inte stå i centrum ens på sin egen minnesdag? skriver jag i @kvartalet kvartal.se/magnusranstorp/ar…
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Yesterday, 381 MEPs finally said it out loud: Islamist networks are a threat to all of Europe, not only to Jewish communities. Now it's on the Commission to act, not file this away. Follow the money. Cut the networks off. agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/a…
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