Toby Axelrod
By Toby Axelrod
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Fast Forward 4 months after barring Jewish passengers, Lufthansa (again) announces new steps to combat antisemitism
The German airline will partner with the American Jewish Committee to train staffers about antisemitism
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Fast Forward Germany’s public broadcaster mandates that all employees support Israel’s right to exist
Deutsche Welle's revised conduct code appears to be timed to strengthen the company's hand in future employee termination cases
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Fast Forward At Bergen-Belsen, an activist born in DP camp commemorate loss and life
Menachem Rosensaft, associate executive vice president of the World Jewish Congress, doesn’t remember the camp. But he says it’s where his parents “returned to being human beings” after the war
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Fast Forward Germany apologizes to Munich Massacre victims and opens research commission into events surrounding the tragedy
'The attack was followed by years of decades of silence and blocking out,' said German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
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News Are too many Germans converting to Judaism? The debate is roiling Germany’s Jewish community.
A prominent cantor was dismissed from her synagogue after publishing a column titled, 'Why the increasing number of converts is a problem for Judaism'
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Fast Forward German scholars make their best-selling annotated version of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ available online for free
The internet is rife with versions of the text “from very dubious sources,” said the head of the Institute of Contemporary History
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Fast Forward Antisemitism scandal roils international art exhibition Documenta 15, held in Germany
The head of Documenta, which stages an exhibit every five years, resigned amid fierce criticism for allowing a work with antisemitic imagery to be displayed
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Fast Forward Court allows German church to keep ‘Jewish pig’ sculpture on display
A one-man effort to remove a medieval anti-Jewish sculpture from public view in Germany has failed.
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Opinion The Christian right wants schools to teach the Bible — but doesn’t understand what the Bible is about
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News UK’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, observes Shabbat, supports Israel and vows to fight antisemitism
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Opinion Steve Bannon wants Jews to ‘hard weld’ to Christian nationalists. Not so fast
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Fast Forward Some imagine a ‘President Josh Shapiro.’ Here’s what he said about Biden after the debate.
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News After antisemitism scandals, the U.K.’s Labour party regained the Jewish vote. What’s next?
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Fast Forward Hostage posters ripped off the wall outside Brad Schneider’s office a week after his house is picketed after midnight
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Fast Forward Bereaved Israeli families may now add traditional phrase ‘May God avenge his blood’ to soldiers’ gravestones
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