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Jews not invited to Swedish Kristallnacht commemoration

The organizers of an anti-Nazi event in Sweden face controversy Monday, after declining to invite the Jewish community to the event. 

"Umeå against Nazism" will run in the city of Umeå on Tuesday and Wednesday, commemorating Kirstallnacht, or the "Night of Broken Glass," the massive 1938 pogrom against Austrian and German Jews which is seen as marking the start of the holocaust.

But, absurdly, Jews will not be invited.  

The organizers claim that inviting the Jewish community presents a security risk, nt.se reports, citing anti-Semitic and anti-Israel protests present at past events. 

Read entire article at Israeli National News