Toby Axelrod
By Toby Axelrod
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Fast Forward Violent antisemitism on the rise in Germany, watchdog finds
While the overall number of incidents in the annual RIAS report dropped slightly from the previous year, nine incidents were categorized as 'extremely violent' in 2022
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Fast Forward Germany’s far-right AfD party scores first district victory, alarming Jewish leaders
The victory marks the first time the party will have administrative control of an area
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Fast Forward Chabad opens Germany’s largest Jewish center since WWII
The Pears Jewish Campus, which covers over 80,000 square feet and cost $43.7 million to build, is 'a great example of the renaissance of Jewish life in Europe,' said the head of the European Jewish Association
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News A Berlin rabbi has been fired amid mounting allegations that he preyed on young women
“The community has promised the victims unlimited support,” said a spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Berlin
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Fast Forward Bulgaria’s ambassador to Israel condemned for skipping Holocaust history conference
Organizers said the move displays her government’s attempts to whitewash the country's mixed World War II history, which includes the rescue of tens of thousands from deportation
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Fast Forward UK’s Liberal and Reform movements merge as Progressive Judaism
“‘What is the difference between Liberal and Reform Judaism’ has therefore become a question that our rabbis, cantors, lay leaders and even PR people struggle to answer,” the new alliance’s co-CEO’s wrote
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Fast Forward In Berlin, Netanyahu faces tough questions from a key ally, while Israelis abroad protest
“We are following this [judicial reform] debate very closely and — I will not hide this — with great concern,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said
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Fast Forward German rabbi at center of ongoing scandal plagiarized his dissertation, newspaper finds
Rabbi Walter Homolka’s dissertation earned him a doctorate from Kings College London in 1992
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