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


A boy murdered for his gelt and 4 other wild Hanukka stories from the past

From deadly antisemitism to the triumphs of Jewish life after the Holocaust, these stories all paint an indelible picture of the 20th century Jewish experience.

Hanukka in Fuerstenfeldbruck DP Camp, Germany, 1945

Jewish groups in Germany urge crackdown on antisemitism

Several groups have called for tougher law enforcement and for new laws to make it easier to ban or disband antisemitic demonstrations.

Swastika and the word "Raus" (Out) are sprayed at a asylum seeker accommodation in Waltrop, western Germany, on October 13, 2015.

150 German-speaking Jewish leaders gather in Jerusalem

Annual JAFI event held in Israel this year to mark 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification.

German-speaking Jewish leaders gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Dead Sea Scrolls do not belong to Israel, Germany says

The Israel Antiquities Authority refuses to allow the scrolls to leave Israel due to Germany's decision, prompting the cancellation of a Bible Museum exhibit.

Visitors look at a facsimile of the Isaiah Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, displayed inside the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem September 26, 2011.

‘Nazi Grandma’ in Germany will serve jail time

At the end of the trial she handed out leaflets to journalists, the judge and prosecutor titled “Only the truth will set you free.”

Ursula Haverbeck infamously known as 'Nazi grandma.'

German Jews stop wearing Kippot due to Muslim attacks

"Germans more than any other people in Europe should understand what starts with the Jews never ends with the Jews."

A man wears a kippa.

Karl Lagerfeld bashes Germany for welcoming Jews' 'worst enemies'

The Chanel designer caused a major controversy after advising that Germany close its gates to Muslim immigrants.

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.

The Israeli NGO that is bringing relief to America’s disaster areas

IsraAID volunteers often act as coordinators, a skill cultivated in a country where teenagers are thrust into leadership positions in the army.

IsraAID Greeting Syrian refugees on a Greek beach.

No holds barred: Today’s Germans are not responsible for the Holocaust

Judaism embraces horizontal accountability, whereby a generation of people who voted in Hitler democratically must be held accountable for their choices.

LEAVES COVER the ground in a park in Germany.

Leader of far-right German party says Jews have nothing to fear

Afd leader claims his party has nothing in it Jewish people should be alarmed about.

Alexander Gauland, top candidate of the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, September 25, 2017.