Tag: Germany
Israeli chief rabbi, European Jewish leaders, condemn calls to remove kipahs in Germany
Rabbi David Lau, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, along with several European Jewish rabbis, called on German Jews to keep wearing kipahs, or yarmulkes, in public following a recommendation by a German Jewish leader...
German diplomat appointed country’s first commissioner to combat anti-Semitism
German diplomat Felix Klein has been appointed the country’s first commissioner to combat anti-Semitism following a rise in such incidents in recent years.
The new anti-Semitism post was approved by German lawmakers earlier this year,...
Top European powers urge stronger Iran sanctions to strengthen nuclear deal
The United Kingdom, France and Germany are urging fellow European Union partners to back new sanctions on Iran in order to preserve the nuclear deal that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw...
Israeli PM rejects German FM assertion that Israel seeks ‘two-state solution’
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu publicly rejected an assertion Wednesday by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel that Israel actively sought a “two-state solution.”
Following a meeting between the two leaders in Jerusalem, Gabriel stated that he...
Two Berlin museums return works to heirs of Jewish collector
Two Berlin museums have returned works to the heirs of a Jewish collector who liquidated them during World War II, according to the Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage.
The foundation returned 11 works from the...
Jewish community in Germany welcomes Bundestag vote to create post of anti-Semitism Commissioner
BERLIN—“The lawmakers have sent a clear signal that they take the concerns of the Jewish community seriously,” said Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, after the Budestag, Germany’s parliament,...
Migrants Must Visit Nazi Concentration Camps, Germany’s Jewish Council Says
New migrants to Germany must visit Nazi concentration camp memorials to help tackle a perceived rise in antisemitism, Germany’s Central Council of Jews said on Wednesday, supporting a proposal by a Palestinian-German politician.
Antisemitism remains...
German Jewish Leader Warns That Jews May Require Police Protection As Anti-Semitism Escalates
Ms Knobloch, who is now the President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, said that Jews are increasingly under threat, Die Welt reports.
“Aggressive anti-Semitism, from verbal hostility on the Internet and in the analogue...
School kids in Berlin tell German Jew ‘Hitler was good’
A Jewish German student was subjected to anti-Semitic abuse in early December by Arab fellow students in Berlin who screamed at him that “Hitler was a good man because he murdered Jews.”
The verbal abuse...
German Parliamentarian Calls for Deportation of Foreigners Who Burn Israeli Flags at Demonstrations
A prominent German member of parliament from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party has called for the deportation of foreigners in the country who torch Israeli flags at demonstrations.
“If foreigners living in Germany burn Israeli flags, there...