Germans and jews

Jews 'don't feel safe' three years after October 7, Germany’s new antisemitism czar tells 'Post'

ANTISEMITISM AFFAIRS: After a decade leading the EU’s fight against antisemitism, Katharina von Schnurbein says Germany must be at the forefront, and Germans can’t stay silent.

GERMAN COMMISSIONER for Jewish Life and the Fight against Antisemitism Dr. Katharina von Schnurbein  plans to spend her first 100 days traveling to all of Germany’s federal states, meeting Jewish communities, regional antisemitism commissioners, civil society organizations, businesses, and church re
German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader, Friedrich Merz, walks to attend a press conference, after the state elections, in Berlin, Germany, September 21, 2026.

'Unrestrained antisemitism': German politicians, Jewish leaders warn over Left Party’s rise

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz with Berlin's Chabad rabbi, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, at Berlin's synagogue.

Germany's Merz visits Berlin's Chabad brass with officials in solidarity with rising antisemitism

 Designated German Family Minister Karin Prien poses for a picture, on the day of a CDU party conference to formally sign off on a coalition agreement reached with the Social Democrats, in Berlin, Germany April 28, 2025.

German gov't appoints Holocaust survivors' granddaughter as first Jewish minister in 100 years


Jews, U.S. ambassador: German weekly magazine spreads Nazi propaganda

Richard Grenell, the US ambassador to Germany who has waged a robust campaign to combat antisemitism in Germany in particular and in Europe in general, spoke to The Jerusalem Post about the weekly.

The cover of the German magazine Der Spiegel

Jewish historian accuses three German MPs of countering anti-BDS act

Trittin, along with 15 Green Party MPs, spoke against the May anti-BDS resolution because, they claim, it endangers free speech. The resolution is non-binding.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany December 12, 2018

Half of Germans view Islam as a threat, says new study

The new study surveyed 1,000 people. It was conducted by the foundation’s Religion Monitor department and the data was collected in the Spring of 2019.

Muslims pray during Friday prayers at the Turkish Kuba Camii mosque located near a hotel housing refugees in Cologne's district of Kalk, Germany, October 14, 2016. Picture taken October 14, 2016.

An exclusive interview with Dr. Felix Klein

“I cannot advise Jews to wear the kippot everywhere all the time in Germany,” Klein said, adding that he had changed his mind on the subject.

Dr. Felix Klein, Federal Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight Against Antisemitism.

From gangster to peacemaker

As a Jewish gang leader in Berlin in his youth, Arye Sharuz Shalicar suffered harsh antisemitism from Muslim immigrants. Today he promotes Jewish-Muslim friendship and German-Israeli ties

Arye Shalicar in Tel Aviv: Young people are tomorrow’s decision-makers

Kippah belongs to Germany, declares leading German paper 'Bild'

“Bild printed a kippah to cut out” because “it should not be allowed” that Jews in Germany have to hide after the Holocaust in order to be safe.

A child wearing a Kippah

U.S. ambassador urges Jews in Germany to wear kippot and not conceal identity

Grenell, the US ambassador to Germany, tweeted: "The opposite is true. Wear your kippa. Wear your friend’s kippa. Borrow a kippa and wear it for our Jewish neighbors."

A man putting on a kippa as part of a solidarity campaign with European Jews

BDS activists disrupt Israeli author's book event in Germany

The same BDS supporters who interrupted the book reading have previously crashed a Holocaust survivor's speech. Author Arye Sharuz Shalicar had been speaking about antisemitism in Germany.

German-born Israeli writer Arye Sharuz Shalicar, author of "The New German Antisemite: Do Jews belong to Germany today? A personal analysis"

Traveling to India to save the life of a German man

Eighty years ago, it was a Jewish family crying while hugging and thanking a German family for saving their son. This week I had the privilege to be on the other side.

A man sits next to a damaged idol of Hindu goddess Kali which was taken out after its immersion in the river Ganges in Haridwar, India, March 29, 2017.

'No future for Jews in Germany,' says German Jewish teenager

German Jews explain why they are relocating to Israel.

Supporters of the Anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) hold German flags during a protest in Berlin, Germany May 27, 2018