For some time, the European Jewish community has been alarmed by the growth of antisemitism. Consolidating these fears this time is also a sign that appeared in a Swiss ski resort warning customers that sports equipment will no longer be rented to Jews. The head of the European rabbis, Pinchas Goldschmidt, denounced a climate that seems to plunge Europe back into the past and posted on X the photograph of the warning in Hebrew, probably aimed at Israeli Jews on a white week.
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An event that evokes the climate of 1938, when such things were the order of the day. The Swiss cantonal police, following a complaint from the Swiss rabbinate, immediately opened an investigation while the owners of the structure justified themselves by saying that in the past they had had annoying incidents including 'the theft of a sled', adding that in any case it was their right to decide to whom to rent 'property things' specifying that the decision has nothing to do with faith or skin color.
In an interview with the Messenger some time ago, Rabbi Goldschmidt said he was scared of the strong resurgence of extreme right-wing extremism, adding 'that antisemitism is not a fatal accident that happens out of nowhere. As in the past, dangers can manifest if hateful rhetoric and malevolent conspiracy theories are left unchallenged, without being stopped. You can't observe and tolerate in silence. As resentment, hatred and misinformation spread more and more, the danger also increases that antisemitism turns into direct violence'
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