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Toby Axelrod

Toby Axelrod is JTA’s correspondent for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. A former assistant director of the American Jewish Committee’s Berlin office, she has also worked as staff writer and editor at the New York Jewish Week and published books on Holocaust history for teenagers.

A woman watches Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO's director-general, speak during an online commemoration on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Dublin, Jan. 27, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Artur Widak-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inEducation

German teens and young adults are interested in learning about the Holocaust — but they want new ways to do so

by Toby Axelrod and JTA February 2, 2022
expressionist painting of a fox
Posted inWorld

Germany sets precedent in return of painting sold as owner fled Nazis

by Toby Axelrod and JTA May 4, 2021
“There were stacks and stacks, in perfect condition, torn hastily out of their frames and hidden,” photographer Amos Chapple said.
Posted inCulture

Hidden for decades, hundreds of Holocaust-era paintings need a new home 

by Toby Axelrod and JTA October 12, 2020October 12, 2020
Clockwise, from top left: Daniel Gros, a Jewish attorney in Vienna advising Jews on how to apply for Austrian citizenship; and Elana Dunn-Rennert, Paul Burg and Caroline Wellbery, who are all applying. (JTA/Courtesy Gros, Dunn-Rennert, Burg and Wellbery)
Posted inWorld

‘This will completely change Jewish life in Austria’: Thousands of Jews around the world expected to apply for Austrian citizenship through new rules

by Toby Axelrod and JTA September 1, 2020September 1, 2020
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Posted inTech

Holocaust survivors launch campaign to fight Holocaust denial on Facebook

by Toby Axelrod and JTA July 30, 2020July 30, 2020
A Judensau sculpture on display on the outer wall of the town church of St. Marien in Wittenberg, Germany, Feb. 4, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Hendrik Schmidt-Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

In Germany, several churches have anti-Semitic sculptures from the Middle Ages. Can one man get them taken down?

by Toby Axelrod and JTA June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Posted inUncategorized

Wealthy German family, owners of Peet’s and Noah’s, to make amends for Nazi past

by JTA and Toby Axelrod March 25, 2019April 3, 2019
Alexander Gauland, left, and Alice Weidel, co-leaders of the right-wing Alternative for Germany party, speaking at a news conference in Berlin, Sept. 25, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Sean Gallup-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

What you need to know about the far-right Alternative for Germany party

by Toby Axelrod September 28, 2017March 19, 2018
Posted inNews

Berlin attack highlights Jewish divide over refugees

by Toby Axelrod December 23, 2016December 29, 2016
Posted inUncategorized

Israeli-Palestinian duos hip Berlin hummus joint

by Toby Axelrod September 2, 2016December 29, 2016

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