Posts Tagged: antisemitism in Germany
German Synagogue Gunman Confesses to Crime and to Antisemitic Motive
The man accused of killing two in a gun attack near a synagogue in Halle, eastern Germany, has confessed to the crime and to a far-right,...
Jewish Leaders Around World Unite in Call for Action Against Antisemitism After Germany Synagogue Attack
Top Jewish leaders around the world issued messages of solidarity and calls for action after a neo-Nazi gunned down two people and injured several others...
‘Don’t Ignore Antisemitic Hatred of Israel,’ Urges German Jewish Leader, as Survey Reveals Growing Demonization of Jewish State as ‘Nazi-Like’
A leader of Berlin's Jewish community has called for a "paradigm shift in the fight against antisemitism" in the wake of a poll showing that...
German Far-Right Party Shaken by Rising Sway of Hardliner Hoecke
Scores of senior members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party condemned on Wednesday the rising influence of a local leader who is militantly...
Kippah Warning Is ‘Call to Action’ Against Rising Antisemitism, Top German Government Official Says
The German government official tasked with combating antisemitism on Monday clarified his advice that Jews should be wary of donning kippahs in parts of the...
Israeli President Issues Defiant Statement After German Antisemitism Commissioner Tells Jews Not to Wear Kippot in Public: ‘We Will Never Submit’
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin issued a defiant statement on Saturday after Germany’s top official on fighting antisemitism suggested that Jewish men should limit the wearing...
Ahead of International Holocaust Memorial Day, Germany’s Merkel Calls for ‘Zero Tolerance’ of Antisemitism
German Chancellor Angela Merkel underscored the urgency of combating antisemitism, racism, and hatred more than 70 years after the Holocaust, calling for new ways to...
German Cinema Offers Free Tickets to ‘Schindler’s List’ Screening to Far-Right AfD Members
A cinema in western Germany has offered free tickets to a screening of “Schindler’s List” later this month to members of the far-right Alternative for...
Germans Rally in Jewish Skullcaps to Protest Antisemitic Attack
Hundreds of Germans wearing skullcaps rallied in the western city of Bonn on Thursday in support of a Jewish professor who was first the victim of an...
German Newspaper Drops Cartoonist After Netanyahu Drawing
German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said it had ended its decades-long collaboration with cartoonist Dieter Hanitzsch after he depicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu using "antisemitic cliches." Editor-in-chief...
Germans to Reject Antisemitism in ‘Kippa Marches’ After Attacks
Attacks on Jews in Germany are directed against "all of us," Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday in a call to join nationwide rallies...
Antisemitic Letter by Wagner Sold at Auction in Jerusalem
A letter written by German composer Richard Wagner that underscored his antisemitism was sold to Jewish collector from Switzerland at auction in Israel on Tuesday for $34,000,...
German Parliament Votes to Step Up Fight Against Antisemitism
Germany's lower house of parliament on Thursday voted to step up efforts to combat antisemitism and called for the creation of a new government post...
Migrants Must Visit Nazi Concentration Camps, Germany’s Jewish Council Says
New migrants to Germany must visit Nazi concentration camp memorials to help tackle a perceived rise in antisemitism, Germany's Central Council of Jews said on...
