Posts Tagged: German Jews
Danish Suspect Arrested for Spying on Berlin’s Jewish Community for Iranian Intelligence Amid Rising Middle East Tensions
A man accused of spying on Jewish institutions and individuals in Berlin on behalf of Iranian intelligence — allegedly in preparation for potential terrorist attacks...
German Intelligence Labels BDS ‘Hostile to Constitution’ Amid Alarming Rise in Antisemitism in Berlin
A German intelligence service has condemned the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel as "hostile to the constitution" as a newly released report...
German Authorities Warn of Potentially Violent Anti-Israel Protests in Berlin on International Workers’ Day
German authorities have warned of large-scale, potentially violent anti-Israel demonstrations expected to unfold in Berlin during the International Workers' Day protests on Thursday. Every year on...
Hundreds Gather in Hamburg, Germany to Show Support for Israel
Hundreds of people gathered in the center of Hamburg, Germany on Monday night to protest the invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists on Saturday and...
Pressure Piles On German State’s Prime Minister Over Antisemitic Leaflet Allegedly Written by His Deputy
The scandal around a violently antisemitic leaflet that the current deputy prime minister of Bavaria allegedly wrote as a schoolboy continued to roil the southern...
‘Jew’ Is Not a ‘Discriminatory’ Word: Jewish Leader Criticizes German Dictionary Entry
The head of the Jewish community in Germany criticized a suggestion by the country’s leading dictionary to use alternative expressions for the word "Jude," or...
German-EU-Israel Relations Are Important — and Not Just Because of the Holocaust
It is no secret that relations between Israel and Germany have been deteriorating in the last two decades. The relationship between Benjamin Netanyahu and Angela...
‘Antisemitism-Lite’ in Contemporary Germany
On December 10, 2020, the English edition of Haaretz published an article under the headline, “In Germany, a witch hunt is raging against critics of...
Bismarck’s Banker: Gerson von Bleichröder
In 1871, German unification was accomplished by “Iron Chancellor” Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck famously said that “the great questions of the day will be decided...
Germany Earmarks 22 Million Euros to Secure Country’s Jewish Facilities
The German government has reached an agreement with the Jewish community to substantially increase funds earmarked for the security of Jewish institutions and facilities in...
Illegitimate Children of Jews Evicted by Nazis Are German Citizens, Court Rules
A US woman born to a Jewish father stripped of his German citizenship by the Nazis in 1938 cannot be denied naturalization for being an illegitimate child,...
Sadly, German Synagogue Was Better Protected Due to Past Attacks
In the Times of Israel (TOI) account of the first person shooter video made by the neo-Nazi murderer Stephan Balliet, he is described as being...
‘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...
The Problem in Germany Is About More Than a ‘Kipah’
JNS.org - Who could really be surprised by the story that grabbed the attention of the Jewish world this past weekend? When Felix Klein, Germany’s...
