In a drastic move designed to bring attention to anti-Semitism in Sweden, Swedish Jewish activist Annika Hernroth-Rothstein has filed for asylum in her own country Monday. The 31-year-old political adviser and mother of two took the unprecedented step to protest a series of measures in Sweden banning kosher slaughter, ritual circumcision, and possibly even the importation of kosher meat.
Some say proposals in Sweden and Norway to
ban ritual circumcision and a resolution by the Council of the European
Union condemning the practice indicate rising anti-Semitism in Europe,
and there is no shortage of discussions on the topic in public forums.
But Rothstein, who has also been active in
helping to organize Jewish solidarity and pro-Israel rallies in Sweden,
said she hoped her actions would help move the issue from being a
discussion on Twitter, around dinner tables and in synagogues to
something that political decision-makers are talking about as a problem
that needs to be addressed.
“One thing that we are good at is having conversations among ourselves, but I don’t see this as a Jewish problem because I don’t think there are a lot of Jewish anti-Semites out there,” she told The Times of Israel in a phone interview on Tuesday. “It’s not our responsibility to solve this on our own. It is a political problem that needs to have political consequences and solutions.
Swedish Jew Files For Asylum...In Sweden
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