Toby Axelrod
By Toby Axelrod
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Fast Forward German scholars make their best-selling annotated version of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ available online for free
The internet is rife with versions of the text “from very dubious sources,” said the head of the Institute of Contemporary History
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Fast Forward Antisemitism scandal roils international art exhibition Documenta 15, held in Germany
The head of Documenta, which stages an exhibit every five years, resigned amid fierce criticism for allowing a work with antisemitic imagery to be displayed
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Fast Forward Court allows German church to keep ‘Jewish pig’ sculpture on display
A one-man effort to remove a medieval anti-Jewish sculpture from public view in Germany has failed.
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Fast Forward Interim head of scandal-ridden German seminary vows changes — but not to replace top rabbi accused of abusing power
The head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany said he is not satisfied with the school’s response so far. Meanwhile, students and graduates are weighing in.
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Fast Forward Major figure in German Jewry ensnared in harassment scandal at liberal rabbinical school
The leave came after a leading German newspaper reported allegations against Rabbi Walter Homolka and his husband, the spokesperson for Abraham Geiger College.
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Fast Forward 93-year-old German Holocaust denier nicknamed the ‘Nazi Grandma’ sentenced to a year in jail
(JTA) – Germany’s infamous “Nazi Grandma,” 93-year-old German Holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck, has been sentenced a year in jail, after failing in her appeal to overturn guilty verdicts in two separate cases. The Berlin district court upheld verdicts against Haverbeck – who was given her nickname by some German media outlets – on Friday, and…
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Fast Forward Holocaust survivor Inge Deutschkron, who hid in Berlin during WWII, dies at 99
BERLIN (JTA) — Inge Deutschkron, a Holocaust survivor who hid in Berlin during the Nazi era and went on to become a prominent voice for remembrance, died Mach 9 at the age of 99. In her 1978 autobiography, “I Wore the Yellow Star,” Deutschkron — who moved back to Berlin in 2002 after living in…
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Fast Forward Germany loosens asylum requirements for Ukrainian Jews amid ongoing war with Russia
BERLIN (JTA) – Germany is easing immigration requirements for Jewish refugees from Ukraine, the country’s main Jewish umbrella group announced today. In a deal worked out with the federal government, refugees who have papers proving their Jewish roots will have an expedited path to German citizenship. Jewish leaders welcomed the news even as they struggled…
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