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Fast Forward Far-Right German Party Demands Place On Holocaust Memorial Board
(JTA) — Now that it has made it into the Bundestag, Germany’s strongest right-wing populist political party is insisting on claiming its place on the board of the foundation for the national Holocaust memorial in Berlin. The initiator of the foundation and memorial itself, Lea Rosh, has rejected the idea out of hand, the Tagesspiegel newspaper…
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Fast Forward German Foreign Minister Under Fire For Accusing Israel Of ‘Apartheid’
BERLIN (JTA) — German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has come under fire for his suggestion that Israel pursues an “apartheid” policy. Now, a Jewish woman in Cologne has addressed Gabriel in an open letter, demanding an apology for “providing further ammunition to youths who were fed anti-Semitism with their mothers’ milk,” according to a report…
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Fast Forward He Said Berlin Didn’t Need A Shoah Memorial. So They Built One In His Backyard.
Activists have built a model of Berlin’s Holocaust memorial outside the home of far-right German politician Björn Höcke after he said the country shouldn’t have a World War II museum in its capital. At a rally in Dresden in January, Höcke called on Germans to make a “180 degree” turn in the way they viewed…
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Fast Forward Arab German Students Tell Jewish Classmate ‘Hitler Was Good’
Arab students reportedly yelled epithets and threats at a Jewish student in a high school in Berlin, the Berliner Zeitung reported. During a discussion about Israel, the Jewish student expressed his opposition to a Palestinian state. A few students responded by telling him that “Hitler was a good man because he murdered Jews,” and that…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Rant Outside Israeli Restaurant In Berlin Goes Viral
BERLIN (JTA) — A video of a 60-year-old man spewing an anti-Semitic rant outside an Israeli restaurant in Berlin has gone viral. The six-minute video of the man haranguing restaurateur Yorai Feinberg on Tuesday has been viewed more than 600,000 times on the internet since it was posted the same day. The man was released…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism Rampant Among Muslim Refugees In Germany, Study Finds
BERLIN (JTA) — Anti-Semitism among Muslim refugees is rampant and requires urgent attention, a new study suggests. But the study commissioned by the American Jewish Committee’s Ramer Institute for German-Jewish Relations in Berlin also suggests that refugees from persecuted minority communities are more likely to take a stand against anti-Semitism and for Israel. Titled “Attitudes…
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Fast Forward Merkel: Trump’s Jerusalem Decision Doesn’t Justify Anti-Semitism
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital did not justify the use of anti-Semitic slogans at rallies in Germany. German police reported the burning of Israeli flags and use of anti-Semitic slogans at demonstrations against Trump’s move in Berlin and other cities. Merkel…
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Fast Forward No Place For Anti-Semitism In Germany, Minister Says After Israeli Flags Burned
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said there was no place for anti-Semitism in Germany after demonstrators angered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel burned Israeli flags in Berlin. Hundreds of people gathered outside the U.S. embassy in the German capital for “Day of Rage”…
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