Germans and jews

Germany's Merz visits Berlin's Chabad brass with officials in solidarity with rising antisemitism

The visit, which also included the President of the Bundestag (German parliament), Julia Klöckner, represents the highest meeting between German officials and the Jewish community in recent years.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz with Berlin's Chabad rabbi, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, at Berlin's synagogue.
 Designated German Family Minister Karin Prien poses for a picture, on the day of a CDU party conference to formally sign off on a coalition agreement reached with the Social Democrats, in Berlin, Germany April 28, 2025.

German gov't appoints Holocaust survivors' granddaughter as first Jewish minister in 100 years

 Pro-Palestinian poster hanging at the Northwestern University campus

Individuals who post 'From the River to the Sea' to be denied German citizenship

A new Jewish synagogue and community center in Potsdam, Germany dedicated on July 5, 2024 is home to four congregations.

Four congregations will share a new synagogue in the heart of Potsdam, Germany


Violent attacks committed against Jews in Berlin and Zurich

Germany has experienced a wave of violent antisemitic attacks, largely committed by German Muslims.

People wear kippas as they attend a demonstration in front of a Jewish synagogue, to denounce an anti-Semitic attack on a young man wearing a kippa in the capital earlier this month, in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2018.

German politicians want Iran-regime center ousted over antisemitism

Trepoll added that the Iranian regime-controlled Islamic Center of Hamburg “proved again, with its continued participation in the al-Quds march, that a state agreement cannot be made with the center.

Demonstrators attend an 'al-Quds Day' protest rally in Berlin, Germany, July 11, 2015

German Jewish shareholders call for probe into bank's BDS-linked accounts

Legal expert tells bank it is "making common cause with Jew-hatred."

BDS activists in Berlin

Merkel: Bad Iran deal better than no deal

In special Independence Day interview, the German chancellor discusses antisemitism, Mideast peace and Berlin's pledge to maintain Israel's national security.

Angela Merkel gestures during a cabinet meeting in Berlin

The Kielce Pogrom of 1946

22 Jews had been shot dead in what was quickly deemed a 'misunderstanding.'

The Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw

Antisemitism runs deep-seated in Germany

"We thought that our Judaism was a secret," growing up in Germany after leaving the Soviet Union, where religion was shunned.

Swastika and the word "Raus" (Out) are sprayed at a asylum seeker accommodation in Waltrop, western Germany, on October 13, 2015.

German court allows labeling Jewish anti-Zionist activist as antisemite

A Munich court overturned a prior decision that barred a prominent Jewish leader from terming one Hamas-affiliated BDS activist an antisemite.

BDS

German Justice Minister: Holocaust must be bigger part of migrant courses

More than a million migrants have arrived in Germany in the last three years, many of them fleeing conflict in the Middle East, causing concern that antisemitism could increase.

People visit the second job fair for migrants and refugees in Berlin, Germany.

A boy murdered for his gelt and 4 other wild Hanukka stories from the past

From deadly antisemitism to the triumphs of Jewish life after the Holocaust, these stories all paint an indelible picture of the 20th century Jewish experience.

Hanukka in Fuerstenfeldbruck DP Camp, Germany, 1945

Jewish groups in Germany urge crackdown on antisemitism

Several groups have called for tougher law enforcement and for new laws to make it easier to ban or disband antisemitic demonstrations.

Swastika and the word "Raus" (Out) are sprayed at a asylum seeker accommodation in Waltrop, western Germany, on October 13, 2015.