Iceland and the Jews: 9 Little Known Facts
Exploring the surprising Jewish connections to Iceland.
The Academy Awards are coming up and
Husavik, the song from
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Ice Sage has been nominated for an Oscar. If that s not a good enough reason to explore the Jewish connection to Iceland, what is?
A stunningly beautiful, sparsely inhabited Nordic country in the North Atlantic, Iceland has only 360,000 people and has been settled for only a little more than a thousand years. It might seem that Iceland is a country devoid of Jews, but in fact Jews have lived in Iceland for generations. Here are 9 little known facts about Jews and Iceland.
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HúsavÃk (population twenty-three hundred) is a fishing village on the northern coast of Iceland. Its chief industry is tourism: whale-watching (the town calls itself the Whale Capital of Iceland), a microbrewery, geothermal baths. In the winter, you can see the northern lights. âWe really canât complain, except that there are too few of us hereâwe need more people,â the townâs mayor, Kristján Ãór Magnússon, said recently. His duties normally include meeting with school principals and sorting out staffing with the fire chief. But in 2019 HúsavÃk welcomed the Netflix comedy âEurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Sagaâ for four days of filming. âNo drones are to be operated over or around the set,â Magnússon warned citizens. But he couldnât help feeling starstruck himself. Recalling a shoot at a local cemetery, he said, âIf somebody had told me that I would be sitting at my