Toby Axelrod
By Toby Axelrod
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Fast Forward At Bergen-Belsen, an activist born in DP camp commemorate loss and life
Menachem Rosensaft, associate executive vice president of the World Jewish Congress, doesn’t remember the camp. But he says it’s where his parents “returned to being human beings” after the war
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Fast Forward Germany apologizes to Munich Massacre victims and opens research commission into events surrounding the tragedy
'The attack was followed by years of decades of silence and blocking out,' said German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
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News Are too many Germans converting to Judaism? The debate is roiling Germany’s Jewish community.
A prominent cantor was dismissed from her synagogue after publishing a column titled, 'Why the increasing number of converts is a problem for Judaism'
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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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