Plan to attack German synagogue on Yom Kippur was foiled, police say
The synagogue in Hagen was under police protection on Wednesday, and Yom Kippur services were canceled the following day.
Potsdam’s stylish new synagogue is the German city’s first since WWII
It’s part of the new European Center for Jewish Learning at the University of Potsdam, which also houses two rabbinical seminaries.
Germany looking to prosecute over a dozen more Nazi war criminals
Nine investigations are ongoing and there are six more preliminary probes.
In a German city with 30 Jews, a restored Art Deco synagogue will house interfaith efforts
The restoration was “lovingly done” but did not bring the synagogue fully back, a Goerlitz Jewish leader said.
Israeli flags burned outside 2 German synagogues, ‘Free Palestine’ spray-painted on another in Spain
The incidents are among the first manifestations of antisemitism in Europe connected to recent escalations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Germany’s antisemitism commissioner urges ban on wearing yellow star to protest pandemic lockdowns
Felix Klein urged authorities across Germany to bar protesters from using the symbol, saying it relativizes the Holocaust.
Germany sees 15% rise in politically motivated antisemitic crimes to record high
The number of antisemitic crimes reported to police across the country rose to 2,351 from 2,032.
In precedent-setting case, German city to return painting to heirs of Jewish businessman who was once in concentration camp
The city of Dusseldorf has agreed to return an Expressionist painting estimated to be worth $18 million.
Germany would share Europe-only COVID vaccine with Israel, citing ‘special relationship’
Germany used its influence on the E.U. to bend the rule that a European-produced vaccination would be given first to European countries.
Anti-Semitic perpetrators are becoming more bold, Germany’s Angela Merkel says
The German leader spoke at a celebration marking the 70th anniversary of the country’s Jewish umbrella organization.