jews in germany

Germany’s magazines highlight rise of antisemitism and support of Jews

There has been a staggering 240% surge in antisemitic events in Germany since October 7.

02/11/2023

Scholz on synagogue attack: 'Antisemitism has no place in Germany'

In a social media post, he added: "Antisemitism has no place in Germany."

By REUTERS
18/10/2023

Popular German author says Orthodox Jews don’t work except for ‘diamond trading’ and ‘finance'

In this moment of exceptional pain, the strength and endurance of the US-Israel alliance offers a traumatized Israeli populace a measure of solace.

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
18/10/2023

Hundreds of Germans form ‘human shield’ to protect synagogue

An estimated 350 people stood outside of Berlin’s Frankelufer Synagogue on Friday to symbolically protect it.

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
16/10/2023

Israel must have a change in government soon, German-Jewish leader says

President of the Central Council of Jews: The 'problematic judicial reform is dividing Israeli society as the only democracy in the Middle East.'

85 years after Kristallnacht, Germany to begin rebuilding grand synagogue in Hamburg

The Bornplatz Synagogue, a neo-Romanesque, 1,200-seat sanctuary that was once the largest synagogue in northern Germany, was burned down on Kristallnacht in 1938.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
29/09/2023

Pro-Nazi movement posing as Jewish organizations in Germany

The man behind several of the fake Jewish organizations, Iwan Götz, is a vehement anti-Zionist who asserts that Jews financed Hitler.

Israeli soccer star signs with German powerhouse Bayern Munich

Israeli player Daniel Peretz will join FC Bayern Munich's history, following the footsteps of Lothar Matthaus, a former Bayern Munich midfielder.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
24/08/2023

German man accused of posing as a Jew and peddling fake, antisemitism-laced Holocaust story

Central Council of Jews in Germany: "The damage done by such charlatans to such an important project is great."

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
08/08/2023
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