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Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David: Preserving the history of German Jewry - interview

Jerusalemite of the Week: A conversation with Leo Baeck Institute director Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David on preserving German Jewish history.

|ByAARON REICH
Irene Aue-Ben-David
Eyal Zamir is seen signing a many-billion-euro deal with Germany to provide Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defense system, 2023 (as Defense Ministry director-general).

Israel and Germany's rekindled alliance presents a strategic opportunity - opinion

Over the decades, guilt, the driving force behind Germany’s attitude toward Israel, has been replaced by mutual interests and strategic partnership.

|ByLEV STESIN
German and Israeli national flags

German business giants led by DHL chief visit Israel to strengthen economic ties

The 70-person delegation includes industry leaders and senior officials from the German Ministry of Economics and is headed by Tobias Meyer, chairman of the global shipping group DHL.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS
People stand in front of the Arrow 3 system during an event of the German Air Force at the Annaburger Heide Air Base in Schoenewalde/Holzdorf, eastern Germany, December 3, 2025

Ex-IDF air defense chief: Arrow-3 protecting Germany defies imagination after Holocaust

Ran Kochav recounts to The Jerusalem Post his time as Arrow commander and the technology's role in making history.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Ties between Germany and Israel are closer than ever - in the air

The German Bundestag will also approve the arming of the Heron TPs made by Israel Aerospace Industries currently flown by the German Air Force.

APRIL 5, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
German Air Chief Lt.-Gen. Ingo Gerhartz and outgoing IAF Commander Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amikam Norkin.

Olaf Scholz is elected new chancellor of Germany

Now it's official. Olaf Scholz will steer Germany's fortunes for the next four years.

DECEMBER 8, 2021ByMARVIN ZIEGELE/SPECIAL TO THE JERUSALEM POST
Designated German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a session of the Bundestag, the German lower house of Parliament, in Berlin.

Don’t base Israeli-German ties only on the Holocaust - opinion

Successive Israeli governments have been quite successful in winning some time over the Palestinian issue, while improving or preserving economic achievements and cooperation with the EU.

OCTOBER 17, 2021ByELDAD BEN AHARON
Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is seen speaking to European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, on July 12, 2021.

First commercial medical cannabis export from Israel lands in Germany

Germany is home to the fastest-growing medical cannabis market outside the US.

DECEMBER 25, 2020ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Assi Rotbart, Chief Business Officer and Director at Panaxia, stands with Yuval Landschaft, the director of the Healthy Ministry's Medical Cannabis Unit alongside Israel's first commercial export of medical cannabis products to Germany.

Israeli defense delegation en route to Germany for strategic talks

The two countries are marking 55 years of diplomatic relations

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A pair of two German Air Force Eurofighter jets seen along with an Israeli Air Force F-16D from the Scorption Squadron

Israeli and German warplanes to perform joint flyover in Germany

The flyover comes in the midst of a historic two-week joint military exercise between Israel and Germany.

AUGUST 15, 2020ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 28, 2020

IAF to take part in drill in Germany, a first since outbreak of COVID-19

IAF Commander Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin also set to fly to Germany to meet with his counterpart

AUGUST 4, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM
German and Israeli national flags

Lebanon will suffer, says FM Katz to German FM Maas

Katz to Berlin counterpart: 'Tell Lebanon it will suffer consequences if Hezbollah acts from its territory.'

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz

Wiesenthal Center accuses German Left of 'fulfilling tradition of hate'

The center said an anti-Israel resolution is part of the “antisemitic, anti-Zionist elements” of the German Left.

AUGUST 13, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
German Left Party, 2014.

Should Israel trust Germany?

JUNE 27, 2019ByMANFRED GERSTENFELD
German Chancelor Angela Merkel shaking hands with President Reuven Rivlin, October 4, 2018