Jews in germany
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.
A dangerous habit: Legislating hatred one step at a time - opinion
'Unrestrained antisemitism': German politicians, Jewish leaders warn over Left Party’s rise
Berlin woman attacked with broken glass bottle for wearing Star of David necklace, police say
Lufthansa becomes first airline to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
The announcement comes after the airline barred a large group of Orthodox Jewish passengers from boarding a flight back in May.
Are too many Germans converting to Judaism? - analysis
In a DW column titled “Why the increasing number of converts is a problem for Judaism,” Avitall Gerstetter charged that too many people in Germany convert for the wrong reasons.
How a Holocaust survivor helped make Bayern Munich a soccer powerhouse
Last month, Bayern Munich celebrated former team president Kurt Landauer’s crowning achievement — the club’s first national championship win in 1932.
Antisemitic crimes in Germany increased by 29% in 2021 - gov't report
3,027 antisemitic incidents were registered last year, up from 2,351 in 2020, according to the German government's annual report.
Interim head of scandal-ridden German seminary vows changes, won't replace top rabbi
Rabbi Walter Homolka has been on leave since early May, when allegations of sexual harassment and abuse of power against him broke into public view.
Why are Ukrainian Jews fleeing to Germany? - opinion
Many Jewish Ukrainian refugees – no one know how many, but it is certainly thousands - are choosing to come to Germany. Why?
Lost Torah scroll reappears in German town 83 years after disappearance
The Torah had not been seen since Kristallnacht, the pogrom against synagogues and Jewish property in German-speaking lands on Nov. 9 and 10, 1938.
Munich Jewish conference postponed amid wave of COVID cases
After the most recent lockdown in Munich ended in May, many community leaders had invested in reinvigorating communal activity. Now, locals are gearing up to instead celebrate Hanukkah alone.
My German grandmother’s childhood autograph book survived the Holocaust
Jenny Katz Bachenheimer's book, known in German as a “Poesiealbum,” accompanied the family when my mother and grandparents escaped the Nazis in the 1930s.
German police do push-ups on Holocaust monument
Accessible to the public, visitors are asked to refrain from performing offensive behaviors at the memorial • acts of indecency have been reported in the past
