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German Jews

An image from the Holocaust history virtual reality experience being developed by the Conference of Jewish Claims Against Germany. (Photo/JTA-Claims Conference)
Posted inHistory

From virtual reality to digital synagogues, tech adds new dimension to Kristallnacht commemorations in Germany

by Toby Axelrod November 9, 2023November 9, 2023

(JTA) — Nov. 9 marks several historical anniversaries in Germany, including Adolf Hitler’s failed putsch in 1923 and the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. But the Kristallnacht pogrom of 1938 eclipses […]

A view inside the Synagogue Neustadt's opening ceremony, Sept. 3, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Heike Neubauer-Antoci)
Posted inWorld

New synagogue in Dresden plans to operate outside of Germany’s Jewish mainstream

by Toby Axelrod September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
Remains of Munich's former main synagogue, seen at left on the eve of its destruction by the Nazis in 1938, were pulled from the Isar River on July 4, 2023.
Posted inWorld

Nazis destroyed Munich’s main synagogue in 1938. Parts of it were just found in the city’s river.

by Toby Axelrod July 7, 2023
A middle aged man in glasses stands outside chatting
Posted inWorld

Germany’s far-right AfD party scores first district victory, alarming Jewish leaders

by Toby Axelrod June 28, 2023
Panelists speak at the Summit of European Jewish Leaders in Berlin. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy JDC)
Posted inNews

Israeli political turmoil spills over into Berlin at summit of European Jewish leaders

by David I. Klein, Toby Axelrod and JTA March 29, 2023
Karin Sczech participates in the excavation at the medieval Jewish cemetery of Erfurt. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy TLDA Ronny Krause)
Posted inWorld

A German town built a granary atop its Jewish cemetery. Now the bones are yielding insights about Ashkenazi DNA.

by Toby Axelrod and JTA November 30, 2022
Rolf Eden at the Staatsoper im Schiller Theater in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 24, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Matthias Nareyek-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Rolf Eden, German playboy and nightclub impresario who fought in Israel’s War of Independence, dies at 92

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 17, 2022August 17, 2022
Rabbi Walter Homolka, rector of the Abraham Geiger College, in the Liberal Jewish community’s synagogue in Hanover, Germany in December 2016. (Photo/JTA-Julian Stratenschulte-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Institutions unravel amid mounting sexual harassment scandal in German liberal Judaism

by Toby Axelrod and JTA May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
Nigerian students Funke Oluwatosin, left, and Deborah Ologbenla, right, pose for photos in Hillel sweatshirts. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz)
Posted inWorld

From Nigeria to Kyiv to a Hillel in Berlin: The long, strange journey of 2 students fleeing the Ukraine war

headshot of Joe Baur by Joe Baur and JTA May 2, 2022
A man carries a child after refugees from the Ukraine arrive at the main train station in Berlin, March 1, 2022. in Berlin, Germany. (Photo/JTA-Hannibal Hanschke-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Germany loosens asylum requirements for Ukrainian Jews amid ongoing war with Russia

by Toby Axelrod and JTA March 10, 2022

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