Toby Axelrod
By Toby Axelrod
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Fast Forward German Amusement Park To Redesign Ride That Looks Like Spinning Swastikas
BERLIN (JTA) — An amusement park in southwest Germany’s Black Forest is redesigning a thrill ride after an online video showed that it resembled spinning swastikas. The park, Tatzmania, opened a few weeks ago in Löffingen. The ride in question, the “Adlerflug,” or “Eagle Flyer,” features four crooked arms with gondolas. A park spokesperson told the…
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Fast Forward German Historian Who Faked Family Holocaust History Dies At 31
BERLIN (JTA) – German historian and blogger Marie Sophie Hingst, whose invention of a family Holocaust history was outed in a Spiegel Magazine article in June, has died in Dublin at the age of 31. She was found dead in her apartment on July 17. Police have not confirmed the cause of death, but said…
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Fast Forward American Tourist Attacked In Berlin After Telling Crowd He Was Jewish
BERLIN (JTA) — A 23-year-old American said he was hit in the face in Berlin after telling a group harassing him that he was Jewish. The man, described as a tourist, suffered a black eye in the incident, which he reported via a police website, according to news reports. Police are investigating the Tuesday night attack…
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Fast Forward It’s Dangerous To Wear A Kippah In Germany, Official Admits
BERLIN (JTA) – It is dangerous to identify publicly as Jewish in Germany, including wearing a kippah, Germany’s commissioner on anti-Semitism said. In a wide-ranging interview, Felix Klein told the Berliner Morgenpost on May 24 that he could not recommend that Jews wear a kippah everywhere and any time in Germany. He also said public…
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Fast Forward German Paper Publishes Cut-Out Kippah To Wear In Solidarity
BERLIN (JTA) – Germany’s most-read tabloid, BILD, has printed a cut-out kippah for readers to wear in solidarity with their Jewish neighbors. The publication follows controversial comments by Felix Klein, Germany’s commissioner on anti-Semitism, that he could not recommend that Jews wear kippahs in public at any time and place in Germany. Klein told the…
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Fast Forward German Parliament Says BDS Is Anti-Semitic, Compares It To Nazi-Era Boycotts
(JTA) — The German Bundestag is set to call the movement to boycott Israel anti-Semitic. The legislative body is expected to pass on Friday a non-binding resolution proposed by the four mainstream parties that calls to bar the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and any other group deemed anti-Semitic from receiving federal funds and from…
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Fast Forward Germany’s Military To Have Jewish Chaplains For First Time In A Century
BERLIN (JTA) — For the first time in a century, Germany’s military will have rabbis as chaplains. Defense Minister Dr. Ursula von der Leyen announced this week that her ministry will appoint Jewish chaplains to the Bundeswehr, based on recommendations from the Central Council of Jews in Germany, the umbrella organization that represents the approximately…
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Fast Forward This German Band Dressed As Concentration Camp Prisoners
BERLIN (JTA) — A video by the German hard rockers Rammstein shows four band members dressed as concentration camp prisoners with nooses around their necks. A yellow star is visible on one of the striped uniforms. One Jewish leader among many condemning the video called it “immoral and reprehensible.” The video was posted this week on Twitter…
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