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What AfD's election victory in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt could mean for Jewish life - analysis

Siegmund faced criticism over his attitude toward Germany’s Nazi past. In a 2025 interview, he refused to answer whether he considered the Holocaust the most horrific crime in history.

A supporter of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party holds a German flag as she attends AfD top candidate Ulrich Siegmund's campaign event ahead of the upcoming Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, Germany, September 4, 2026. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
Lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, makes a selfie with a supporter during the final campaign rally on the eve of state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on September 5, 2026 in Magdeburg, Germany.

How will an AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt impact Germany - and should Jews be worried?

 An Israeli flag flutters next to a German and a EU flag, one day after Hamas' attacks on Israel, outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, October 8, 2023.

With AfD gaining traction in eastern Germany, what would a far Right win mean for Jews? - analysis

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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

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.

Turns out a Jewish woman was Miss Germany in 2011

The story of Jewish Miss Germany and the world of beauty pageants isn’t as straightforward as it seems.

Valeria Bystritskaia on instagram

Berlin Jews blast teachers for discriminatory labor strike

Leftist GEW union has yet to reject Nazi past

An employee of the chancellery sweeps the red carpet in front of the honour guard before a welcoming ceremony at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany November 2, 2016.

For the first time ever, Miss Germany could be a Jew

German-Jewish pageant queen Tamar Morali sees her success as an achievement for the Jewish people.

Tamar Morali

German, Austrian contributions to Israel celebrated at Galilee event

The Yekke Museum is devoted to the documentation of the people of the Fifth Aliya – those who fled Austria and Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

Stef Wertheimer next to a picture of himself as a child in an advertisement for margarine taken 81 years ago.

German Jews cut ties with local Turkish group due to antisemitism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs to spy on dissidents, says Jens Meyer-Wellmann, deputy editor of the 'Hamburger Abendblatt' newspaper.

Supporters listen to the speech by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a rally for the upcoming referendum in Istanbul, Turkey

Writer under fire for demonizing German Jews

The journalist suggested undue Jewish power in the media.

A man wearing a yarmulke looks at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

The rise of Germany's far-right: Its impact on Europe and Israel

AfD deputy chair Beatrix von Storch tells 'The Jerusalem Report' that Israel could be a role model for Germany.

Member of the European Parliament Beatrix von Storch speaks at a press conference of the Germany's far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party in Berlin

Where will Germany's Jews stand in the country's upcoming elections?

How will the Jewish community channel its feelings towards the ongoing refugee crisis in Germany and Europe into a political decision?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes an address during an anti-Semitism demo at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate September 14, 2014.