Toby Axelrod
By Toby Axelrod
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Fast Forward Berlin police investigating vandalism of Kindertransport memorial following pro-Palestinian demonstrations
The site is a tribute to the roughly 10,000 German Jewish children sent to England in 1938 and 1939, many of whom never saw their parents again
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News Dortmund’s only Jewish mayor died in poverty after a successful career. The German city is reviving his story.
Paul Hirsch helped establish the formal borders of Berlin and Dortmund before the Nazis came to power, but his story is not widely known
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Fast Forward Berlin drops Mahmoud Abbas’ Holocaust hate speech case due to diplomatic immunity
The Palestinian Authority president had accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts,” a statement that left him vulnerable to charges in a country that strictly punishes Holocaust relativism
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Fast Forward Thousands of Jews and non-Jews rally against antisemitism in Berlin
“We as a population have to show, especially here in Berlin, that we are on Israel’s side,” said one non-Jewish Berliner
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Fast Forward German state of Saxony-Anhalt now requires citizenship applicants to sign statement in support of Israel
The new state law is fueled by concerns over antisemitism
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News ‘Unorthodox’ author Deborah Feldman is a lightning rod in Germany’s debate about criticizing Israel
The controversy hits a nerve in Germany, where criticism of Israel has been subject to intense scrutiny since the Holocaust. But there is a growing thirst for Jewish voices to break the supposed taboos
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News From virtual reality to digital synagogues, tech adds new dimension to Kristallnacht commemorations in Germany
Some Jewish groups are tying their commemorations together with a statement on the current Gaza war — and some are using virtual reality technology to give their projects new dimensions
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Fast Forward Austria increases Holocaust survivor payments for first time in decades
The move was decided on well before the start of the Israel-Hamas war
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