The Jewish Community of Denmark is an Orthodox religious organization representing around 2,400 Danish Jews, both religious and secular, out of a population of around 6,000 Danish Jews.
[1] Until 2014, the organization was known as the Mosaisk Troessamfund, the Mosaic Faith Community.
Melchior was dismissed due to his involvement in a documentary on Jewish life in Denmark, which was criticized for allegedly risking community security.
Melchior claimed that members of a rival family with an ongoing antagonism against him were responsible for the push for his dismissal.
[2] In October 2023, during the Israel-Hamas war, the Jewish Community in Denmark and the Danish Zionist Federation organized a pro-Israel march in Copenhagen.