Posts Tagged: Germany Antisemitism
Merkel Marks Nazi ‘Kristallnacht’ Against Jews With Synagogue Speech
Germany has a moral duty to fight rising antisemitism, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday in an emotional speech at a Berlin synagogue to mark...
German Far-Right Leader Accused of Echoing Hitler in Attack on ‘Globalized Class’
The leader of Germany's far-right AfD Party has been accused by prominent historians of echoing a 1933 speech by Adolf Hitler in a recent newspaper...
Teens in Germany Fire Antisemitic Insults at Local Rabbi
JNS.org - A Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Offenbach, Germany, was the victim of a verbal assault on his way to synagogue this past weekend by a group...
More Than 30 Jewish Groups Call on German Government to Confront Antisemitism
JNS.org - More than 30 German Jewish groups have called on the government to confront antisemitism amid a spate of recent attacks on the Jewish community. In...
Berlin Police Investigating Verbal Assault on Man Wearing Kippah as Antisemitic Hate Crime
Police in Berlin are treating the latest verbal assault on a man wearing a kippah as an antisemitic hate crime, German media outlets reported on Friday. The...
German Newspaper’s Israeli Flag Test Yields ‘Frightening Results’
As Germans continue to probe the connection between antisemitism and hostility to Israel in the wake of recent antisemitic incidents across the country, a leading...
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,...
German Fruit Juice Giant Pulls Music Awards Sponsorship Amid Continued Outcry Over Antisemitic Rap Duo
Germany's largest fruit juice company on Thursday joined a growing assembly of musicians, artists and corporations expressing fury at the award of the country's most...
2017 Saw Rise of Antisemitic Incidents in Germany
JNS.org - The number of antisemitic incidents rose last year in Germany, according to a Berlin newspaper that quoted a government report. 1,453 antisemitic incidents were perpetrated...
‘High Time’ to Deal With Germany’s ‘Massive’ Antisemitism Problem, Jewish Community President Declares
Antisemitism continues to be a "massive problem" in Germany and extra measures are urgently needed to combat its influence, the head of the country's Jewish community...
German Parliamentarian Calls for Deportation of Foreigners Who Burn Israeli Flags at Demonstrations
A prominent German member of parliament from Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party has called for the deportation of foreigners in the country who torch Israeli flags at...
Netanyahu Tells Newly-Reelected German Leader Merkel: Israel Is Concerned About Rise of Antisemitism
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday Israel was concerned over a rise in antisemitism, after a right-wing nationalist party won...
Influx of Mideast Migrants Brings Fear of Renewed Antisemitism in Germany
JNS.org - While Germany takes pride in confronting its Holocaust past and maintaining a strong relationship with Israel, the European nation’s recent influx of more than...
Merkel Can’t Make It Right
On Saturday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for "intensive action" against antisemitism. "Antisemitism is more pervasive than we imagine and that is why we must act...
