Tag: Munich
At Munich shul, Guterres denounces Jew-hatred on same day UN official says Hamas not...
António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, told the Jewish community in Munich that “We must be in the center of fighting antisemitism in all its aspects.”
The U.N. head spoke at Ohel Jakob,...
Discovered: Ruins of Munich synagogue destroyed by the Nazis
Construction workers have uncovered stones in the Isar River from a Jewish temple obliterated in Germany just before World War II.
In June of 1938, Munich’s main synagogue was demolished following an order from Adolf Hitler. The...
Conference of European Rabbis to open new Munich headquarters
The Conference of European Rabbis, which represents about 1,000 Orthodox European rabbis, will open a new Center for Jewish Life in the Bavarian capital of Munich. The German state will fund the new building,...
![A plaque in front of the Israeli athletes' quarters commemorates the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. The inscription, in German and Hebrew, reads: “The team of the State of Israel lived in this building during the 20th Olympic Summer Games from 21 August to 5 September 1972. On 5 September, [list of victims] died a violent death. Honor to their memory.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons.](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Memorial-to-Israeli-Athletes-Munich-Olympics-1972-Massacre-880x495-1-324x235.jpg "Will the Munich panel acknowledge the role of Abbas?")
Will the Munich panel acknowledge the role of Abbas?
The German government has created a commission of historians to study the massacre of Israeli athletes by Palestinian Arab terrorists at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Germany’s Interior Minister has promised that the review will be...
Last known member of Nazi-resistance group White Rose dies at 103
There has been a lot of discussion about what Holocaust memory will be like as fewer survivors remain. Less discussed are those who risked their lives to save Jews during World War II.
The German-born...
Israel’s marathon team wins gold in Munich 50 years after Olympics massacre
Israel’s national men’s marathon team won the gold medal at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, 50 years after Palestinian terrorists murdered 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Olympics in...
Conference of European Rabbis to support leaders in Americas, Asia, Africa
The Conference of European Rabbis (CER) is launching a ground-breaking initiative through the creation of a new international division.
Over the last few years, rabbis from outside Europe—notably from Latin America and Muslim-majority countries in the Middle...