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Lufthansa Group says crews will not spend overnights in Israel amid Iran threat - report

The group has canceled and resumed its flights to Israel several times since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, and announced in August that it would expand its operations to Ben-Gurion.

A Lufthansa airplane at Vassil Levski airport in Sofia on November 5, 2026.
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Getting the word out: The Israeli Institute for Hebrew Literature flies the flag in Frankfurt

Franfkurt's old cemetery is located next to the former ghetto.

Frankfurt: From missed flight to 850 years of Jewish history

The Parthenon Sculptures, British Museum, London, United Kingdom on December 10, 2024.

Greece denies German museum's bid for Parthenon Sculptures amid British Museum ownership fight


Condor launch connects Frankfurt and Tel Aviv daily

The German carrier expects high passenger volume on its new Israel route, with many travelers connecting to international destinations.

Willkommen! A Condor aircraft at Ben Gurion Airport, August 1, 2026

Frankfurt cinema declines to participate in Jewish film festival, spurring backlash

Frankfurt's Astor Film Lounge declined to host movies during Jewish Film Days this year, citing economic reasons for its withdrawal from the film festival.

A woman sits alone in a Frankfurt, Germany, cinema in November 2021.

Jews commemorating hostages splattered with red paint in Frankfurt

While placing photos of the 50 hostages on posts at the park, masked attackers reportedly sprayed the people attending the event with red paint.

Protesters take part in a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Frankfurt, Germany, October 21, 2023.

Frankfurt’s Jewish community launches its own sexual abuse hotline amid crises and pressure

The new hotline is unique among Germany’s 103 organized Jewish communities, each known as a “Gemeinde.”

Members of Or Tamid, an advocacy group in Frankfurt for survivors of sexual abuse, from left to right, Haleli Shomer Shalom, Roglit Ishay, Daniela Shemer and Niels Gerhardt.

Granddaughter of Holocaust survivor terrorized with rape, death threats at German university

A man was arrested after he video called 27-year-old Pia Bernstein and threatened her with a gun, she told German media.

 Protestors take part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berlin, April 6, 2024.

Archaeologists uncover earliest Christian inscription north of the Alps in Frankfurt

The 'Frankfurt Silver Inscription', a 3rd-century amulet, pushes back Christianity's history in the region by 50 to 100 years.

 The 'Frankfurt Silver Inscription', a 3rd-century amulet.

Raccoon sausages: a butcher’s answer to Germany’s overpopulation problem

Raccoons were first introduced to Germany for use in fur farms in the 1920s.

 Raccoon (illustrative).

Discrimination or bureaucracy? A Jewish community in Germany struggles - exclusive

According to the community, the Hesse government is also withholding aid from the Frankfurt Chabad community, some of which are refugees from Ukraine.

 The Chabad community in Frankfurt, Germany.

Frankfurt can't cancel Roger Waters concert over his antisemitism record, court rules

Waters, the former frontman of the band Pink Floyd, took legal action and prevailed on Tuesday after Frankfurt officials said in February they would cancel his concert in May.

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters performs during his This Is Not a Drill tour at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, US, September 27, 2022.

TAU, Goethe University launch first joint interfaith studies center

A year after the original announcement, the collaboration is finally getting underway.

 Prof. Ariel Porat, President of Tel Aviv University and Prof. Enrico Schleiff, the President of Goethe University.