Posts Tagged: German Jews
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...
The Other Side of Germany’s Positions on Israel and Antisemitism
The German government’s official policy is that it makes efforts to fight antisemitism. One example they give is by providing security for Jewish institutions. Another...
Muslim Antisemitism in Berlin Schools
There are many indications that antisemitism in Germany has increased in recent years on social media, in the public domain, within the political system, and...
Chancellor Merkel’s Legacy and the Jews
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ceded the chairperson position of the Christian Democrat Party (CDU), and announced that after the next elections -- at the...
German Politician Troubled by Rising Antisemitism Throughout Europe
JNS.org - For the first time in history, the president of the European Union plans to hold a conference on antisemitism and anti-Zionism. The “Europe Beyond...
Are German Jews Wrong to Embrace a Right-Wing Party?
Jews fulfill many functions and roles in European societies. For many centuries, they served as scapegoats for majority populations. This led to antisemitism becoming an...
Seeking a Jewish Revival in Berlin
JNS.org - Religious Zionists are usually the last types of Israelis to visit Berlin, let alone live there. As staunch nationalists loyal to the Jewish homeland,...
Israeli Chief Rabbi, European Jewish Leaders, Condemn Calls to Remove Kippahs in Germany
JNS.org - Rabbi David Lau, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, along with several European rabbis, called on German Jews to keep wearing kippahs, or yarmulkes,...
Judge: New York’s Met Can Keep Picasso Sold During Nazi Flight
A US judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking the return by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan of a Pablo Picasso masterpiece that...
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...
Why an Antisemitism Commissioner for Germany Is a Good Idea
JNS.org - There’s an intense debate going on in Germany right now about whether to create a post for a federal commissioner to deal with the...
Jews Cast Wary Eye on German Election Results, With Strong Showing of Far-Right AfD Party
As expected, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was reelected on Sunday to a fourth term in office in her country’s federal election, but many Jewish observers...
New Study: Pupils of Hardline Islamic Background Behind Rise in Antisemitism at Berlin’s Schools
The results of a survey released this week in Berlin asserted that the city's schools have seen the rise of widespread antisemitism, often instigated by students following...
Albert Einstein, Fritz Haber and Jewish Assimilation
I went to a very good Jewish school in England -- Carmel College -- which was known for its study of the sciences. In those days, they were...
