Toby Axelrod

By Toby Axelrod

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  A German Jewish community shadowed by scandal and an uncertain future welcomes a moment to celebrate

  Rabbis and cantors are ordained at Geiger College, which has been hoping to put an investigation of its founder behind it

  By Toby Axelrod Sep 10, 2024 | 5 min read
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  Munich police kill man who brandished gun near Israeli consulate and 1972 Olympics massacre commemoration

  German media outlets were reporting that the man killed was an Austrian teenager with suspected ties to Islamic extremism

  By Toby Axelrod Sep 5, 2024 | 2 min read
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  Far-right party wins German state election for first time since the Nazi era

  Jewish leaders in Germany, including Holocaust survivors, say the results are worrying

  By Toby Axelrod Sep 3, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Germany court upholds conviction of 99-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary

  Irmgard Furchner had appealed her 2022 conviction of being accessory to more than 10,000 murders at the Stutthof camp

  By Toby Axelrod Aug 20, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Prominent German cantor and opera singer is killed in what police say was a family dispute

  A German news site said a son is being held after the death of Nikola David, 55, who had been cantor for Munich’s liberal Congregation Beth Shalom since 2014

  By Toby Axelrod Aug 12, 2024 | 2 min read
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  4 congregations will share a new synagogue in the heart of Potsdam, Germany

  The building is a case study in how Jewish institutions in Germany are funded and operated

  By Toby Axelrod Jul 9, 2024 | 4 min read
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  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"

  By Toby Axelrod Jun 20, 2024 | 2 min read
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  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

  By Toby Axelrod Jun 11, 2024 | 5 min read