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Fast Forward ‘Graffiti Grandma’ Fined For Painting Hearts Over Swastikas In Germany
A woman in Germany was fined earlier this month for painting over neo-Nazi graffiti, after a court concluded that her actions constituted property damage, the Telegraph reported. Irmela Mensah-Schramm, a 74-year-old activist known as the “Graffiti Grandma,” has for decades painted over white nationalist slogans and symbols throughout Germany. But after she painted hearts over…
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News ‘Then We Hear A Boom’ — Inside The German Synagogue During The Attack
It was during the Torah reading on Yom Kippur morning that Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz, a visitor to the little synagogue in Halle, Germany, noticed the security guard staring intensely at his video monitor and trying to get the attention of the community president, Max Privorozki. “And then we hear a boom, like a very loud…
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Fast Forward German Synagogue Shooter Thwarted By Recently Upgraded Security Door
On Yom Kippur, 51 congregants in a Halle synagogue watched the feed from security cameras as their would-be shooter tried to break down the door. He pushed it, fired a few rounds with his gun and even attached an explosive to the jamb. The heavy wooden door wouldn’t budge, CNN reported.. The door and the…
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Fast Forward White Nationalists Praise German Synagogue Gunman As A ‘Saint’
White nationalists have praised the alleged gunman behind the attempted synagogue shooting in Germany as a “saint,” Vice reported. The praise for the shooter – who killed two people after being thwarted from entering a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle on Yom Kippur – was prevalent on Telegram, an encrypted messaging service once…
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Fast Forward German Jewish Leader: Police Didn’t Have Enough Protection At Attacked Synagogue
(JTA) — A Jewish leader in Germany doubled down on his accusation that police did not adequately protect a local synagogue at the center of an attack in the east of the country. “If police had been stationed outside the synagogue, then this man could have been disarmed before he could attack the others,” Josef…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Gunman Kills Two In Attack On German Synagogue
BERLIN/HALLE, Germany (Reuters) – A gunman who denounced Jews opened fire outside a German synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, and killed two people as he livestreamed his attack. Several German media outlets said the perpetrator acted alone on Wednesday in the eastern German city of Halle. He fatally shot…
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Fast Forward A German City Retracted An Artist’s Prize Over BDS. Now A Museum Will Give It Independently.
The Germany city of Aachen walked back its support for an award for a Lebanese-American artist over concerns about his stance on the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement (BDS) — but he’ll receive the prize anyway, thanks to a defiant art institution. The artist, Walid Raad, was set to receive a €10,000 prize from the…
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Culture Jewish Artifact Dealer To Auction Hitler’s Belongings In Germany
A military artifact dealer related to victims of the Holocaust is expected to take home millions by selling at auction his personal collection of items that belonged to Adolf Hitler. Craig Gottlieb, who, according to a press release, is of Jewish descent and lost family members in the Shoah, is auctioning off a military visor…
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