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Standing Unafraid: Why Jewish Visibility in Europe Matters Now More Than Ever

Meet one of Masa's Changemaker - Anna Staroselsky, a Jewish Political activist in Germany

|ByANNA STAROSELSKY
Anna Staroselsky giving a speech about the rise of antisemitism after Oct 7th, at a demonstration, "Fridays for Israel“ at the Berlin University of the Arts (UDK), in November 2023
UKL welcoming the birth of baby Yahya Sinwar, August 3, 2025.

German parents name baby after former Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, likely to be rejected by court

German parents can grant any name they wish upon birth, but all names must later be approved by the registry office to ensure that it appears on the population register, Judische Allgemeine reported.

|ByJAMES GENN
Holocaust survivor Helena Weinstock Weinrauch, who wore the same hand-knit sweater to the first Passover seder every year for the past 75 years, has died at 100.

Helena Weinrauch, Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100

Weinrauch’s story of survival — and how she discovered, at 88, the joy of ballroom dancing — was the subject of a 2015 documentary, “Fascination: Helena’s Story.”

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German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler doing a Nazi salute

Hitler's former Jewish neighbor recounts life in Nazi Germany - report

Now 100 years old, Edgar Feuchtwanger recalls living across the street from Hitler in 1920s and 1930s Munich—and the chilling turn that forced his family to flee.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.

OCTOBER 16, 2023ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
A STAR OF DAVID placed at the center of the gate of a memorial that the survivors of Bavarian Jewry established in the Dachau concentration camp, just a few miles from Munich.

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.'

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 16, 2023.

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.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
The Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg, Germany once held 1,200 congregants before it was destroyed in Kristallnacht.

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.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Protest against government measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Berlin

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.

AUGUST 24, 2023ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
Daniel Peretz looks on during the UEFA Under-21 Euro 2023 match between Germany and Israel, June 22, 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."

AUGUST 8, 2023ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

J7 Global Task Force born in order to address surge in antisemitism internationally

This initiative will unite leaders from the world's most significant Jewish communities to devise coordinated strategies, discuss mutual challenges, and share best practices.

JULY 25, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
People wearing antisemitism and nazi symbols argue with conservatives during a protest outside the Tampa Convention Center where the Turning Point USA’s (TPUSA) Student Action Summit (SAS) is held, in Tampa, Florida, U.S. July 23, 2022.

Court rules Berlin rabbi accused of sexual misconduct should not hold positions of authority

Berlin Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov is accused of using his rabbinical status to force women to comply with his sexual demands over more than a decade.

JULY 20, 2023ByJTA STAFF
Inner view of Berlin's Tiferet Israel Sephardic Synagogue, as seen in 2016.

Discrimination or bureaucracy? A Jewish community in Germany struggles - exclusive

According to the community, the Hesse government is also withholding aid from the Frankfurt Chabad community, some of which are refugees from Ukraine.

JULY 4, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
The Chabad community in Frankfurt, Germany.

Jewish intel chief: My family and I will leave Germany if far-right AfD gains power

Stephan Kramer's comments come after the Alternative für Deutschland candidate won the local district council election in the same state.

JUNE 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF