Jews in the Swedish city of Gothenburg were relieved when a neo-Nazi march on Yom Kippur bypassed the city’s main synagogue.
The march by 600 members of the far-right nationalist Nordic Resistance Movement was rerouted after appeals from the Jewish community that it not pass the synagogue on the holiest day of the year.
The community had been concerned about harassment and vandalism from protestors and had increased security as a result.
But community chairman Allan Stutzinsky told JTA that the service went on as normal and instead of waking up to vandalism on Sunday as expected, the building had been covered in hearts drawn with chalk.
