Jews in germany

What AfD's election victory in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt could mean for Jewish life - analysis

Siegmund faced criticism over his attitude toward Germany’s Nazi past. In a 2025 interview, he refused to answer whether he considered the Holocaust the most horrific crime in history.

|ByNINA POGREBNAYA
A supporter of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party holds a German flag as she attends AfD top candidate Ulrich Siegmund's campaign event ahead of the upcoming Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, Germany, September 4, 2026. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
Lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, makes a selfie with a supporter during the final campaign rally on the eve of state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on September 5, 2026 in Magdeburg, Germany.

How will an AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt impact Germany - and should Jews be worried?

German voters in Saxony-Anhalt could give the right-wing extremist political party, the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, its most significant achievement since its founding in 2013.

|ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
An Israeli flag flutters next to a German and a EU flag, one day after Hamas' attacks on Israel, outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, October 8, 2023.

With AfD gaining traction in eastern Germany, what would a far Right win mean for Jews? - analysis

An AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt could portend wider-scale momentum, while the party defends antisemitism accusations by saying that it supports Israel and sees it as a model to follow.

|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
Germany granted citizenship to 6,756 Israelis in 2025, making its embassy in Israel the country's largest passport office outside Europe.PremiumPremium

'Insurance certificate for escape': Israelis reclaim German citizenship in record numbers

Eighty years after the Holocaust, a record number of Israelis are reclaiming German citizenship – not out of nostalgia, but as a passport to security and opportunity

|ByBEN KAUSCHANSKY

Germany’s coalition parties back resolution to protect Jewish life, address rising antisemitism

German coalition agrees on steps to combat rising antisemitism, better jewish life in Germany, and support Israel.

NOVEMBER 2, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a government statement on the subject of "One year of the times-turn - strengthen Germany's security and alliances, continue to support Ukraine" during a plenary session of the lower house of parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, March 2, 2023

German states open to revoking dual nationality of citizens committing antisemitic crimes

Six of Germany's sixteen federal states would be open to amending the existing citizenship law.

OCTOBER 22, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
Hand holds Passport of citizen of Germany on background of flag of Germany.

Germany’s Baden-Württemberg vows to protect Jewish community amid surge in antisemitism

Germany’s Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister, Thomas Strobl, reassured the Jewish community of protection amid rising antisemitism following the October 7 Hamas attacks.

OCTOBER 7, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Israeli flag flutters in front of the Israeli consulate after German police opened fire on a suspect who appeared to be carrying a gun near the Israeli consulate and a Nazi history museum in central Munich, Germany, September 5, 2024

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

The use of maps in which the territory of the State of Israel is replaced with the colors of the Palestinian flag is also in contravention of the law.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
Pro-Palestinian poster hanging at the Northwestern University campus

LA and Jerusalem rabbis step in as battle rages over who should run German rabbinical schools

Germany's rabbinical schools are being revitalized through a partnership with American and Israeli rabbis amid funding struggles and leadership controversies.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
Rabbi Walter Homolka. at left, with other leaders of Germany Jewry including Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, at far right, at an event in October 2019.

German Jew recounts her experiences in the AfD stronghold - interview

Europe Affairs - In a political landscape rife with controversy, Mirjam Lübke stands out as a Jewish woman working for the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024ByELDAD BECK
BJÖRN HÖCKE reacts after first exit polls in the Thuringia state elections, in the state parliament building in Erfurt, Germany, last Sunday.

Is German history repeating itself? Jewish leader shares fears of AfD's rise in Thuringia

Germany will hold local elections on September 1 and could see the rise of the far-right AfD party in Thuringia.

AUGUST 30, 2024ByELDAD BECK
VISITORS STAND in front of the camp gate bearing the inscription ‘To Each His Own’ at the former Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near the eastern German city of Weimar in Thuringia. Last year saw a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents, including an explosion of anti-Israel antisemitism.

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

The new site means four congregations will no longer have to meet in scattered, improvised quarters — at least not every Shabbat.

JULY 10, 2024ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
A new Jewish synagogue and community center in Potsdam, Germany dedicated on July 5, 2024 is home to four congregations.

Felix Klein, Germany's anti-antisemitism strategist, receives Moshe Rosen Prize for his work

Felix Klein called for the creation of a structured system for reporting antisemitism that would allow Jews to feel safe in Germany and the world.

JUNE 27, 2024ByJOSH ARONSON
Dr. Felix Klein, Federal Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight Against Antisemitism.

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency handling BDS movement as ‘suspected extremist case’

Nancy Faeser, Germany's Federal Interior Minister, presented a report outlining BDS as an extremist movement, German media reported.

JUNE 18, 2024ByMAYA GUR ARIEH
Pro Palestinian protesters demonstrate during the UN Climate Change Conference, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Bonn, Germany, June 7, 2024.