Toby Axelrod
By Toby Axelrod
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Fast Forward German government reports rise in extremist crimes, partly due to Israel-Hamas war
While the report says threats stemming from right-wing extremism still outweigh those coming from other ideologies, it notes “a growing danger that antisemitic agitation will increasingly poison the social climate"
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Fast Forward Success of German far-right party in EU election has many Jews hearing echoes of Nazi past
The Alternative for Germany party, known as AfD, is virulently anti-immigrant and pro-Russian
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Culture Before Eden Golan sang at Eurovision, Jewish teens from across Germany performed at Jewrovision
For the last two decades, Jewrovision has annually convened what’s thought to be the largest Jewish youth event in Europe
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Fast Forward Synagogue in Oldenburg, Germany, is targeted with Molotov cocktail; hundreds rally in solidarity with Jewish community
“Everything points to an antisemitic motivation,” Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said in a statement
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Fast Forward Dutch tram company that carried Anne Frank to her doom sought compensation for their trouble, new research shows
Newly discovered documents prove the GVB company was working directly for the Nazis and that it tried to recover its costs even after the war’s end
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Fast Forward Israeli journalist criticizes West Bank ‘apartheid’ at Berlin film festival ceremony marked by Gaza war protests
The Berlinale’s closing ceremony included multiple calls for a Gaza ceasefire, in a display that Berlin’s mayor condemned as antisemitic
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Fast Forward ‘Golda,’ biopic about Israeli leader at war, wins top prize from Cinema for Peace Foundation
The film, which stars Helen Mirren, focuses on former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir’s role during the Yom Kippur War in 1973
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Fast Forward A ‘Tiny House’ at Berlin’s film festival offered a safe space to talk about the Israel-Hamas war
The initiative was sponsored by the Berlinale and organized by an Israeli social entrepreneur and his Palestinian collaborator
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