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Travel / News Briefs / Germany

Berlin Airport Security Asks Chabad Rabbi to Remove Yarmulke

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Yehuda Teichtal later confirmed with the head of the German police that no such policy was in place.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany

Berlin Police Investigating Attack on Israeli Teen as Hate Crime

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israeli Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor condemned the attack, “Another Israeli is brutally attacked in the German capital. This is unacceptable!”

Terrorism / Israel / Police and Crime / Germany

Syrian Planned Poison Attack on Israel in Berlin

By JNi.Media

The Syrian is said to have arrived in Germany some time ago from Libya with a forged passport.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Germany

German Parliament Approves €1 Billion Deal to Lease Israeli UAVs

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

This will be the first time that German soldiers will have an ongoing military presence in Israel.

Featured / Israel / History / On Campus / Education / Germany / Archaeology

Scientists Discover Connection between 7000-Year-Old Food Storage Container and the Development of Community Elites

By JNi.Media

Researchers believe a unique pottery vessel dating back some 7,200 years ago was used to ensure that certain people or groups could better maintain their ability to store large quantities of crops.

Featured / US / History / The Courts / Germany / Holocaust

Federal Judge Gives Go Ahead to Suing Germany in US Court over Nazi-Looted Art

By JNi.Media

Meanwhile, German Culture Minister Monika Grütters declared the looted collection a national cultural treasure.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Germany

Berlin Massacre Israeli Victim Dalia Elkayam's Body Identified

By JNi.Media

German authorities on Wednesday offered a reward of about $104,000 for information leading to Amri's arrest, with a warning that he probably is "violent and armed."

Israel / News Briefs / Germany / Sports

Jewish Runners Take On Berlin Marathon Proudly Wearing Israeli Flags

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

When 36-year-old Levi Levine crossed the finish line at today’s BMW Berlin Marathon, his emotions far exceeded his personal pride at having successfully finished the 42-kilometer course.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Germany

Analysis: Merkel's Party Losing Badly as Social Democrats, Anti-Immigrant AfD Win Berlin State Vote

By JNi.Media

The SPD is expected to form a new regional coalition government with the Left and the Greens, who suffered a 2.5% drop to 15.1%.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Religion / Germany / Holocaust

Coming Home: Jewish Secondary Schools Opening in Düsseldorf, Munich

By JNi.Media

On May 19, 1943, Germany was declared Judenrein (clean of Jews), with no Jewish high schools. Now we're back to three, and counting.

History / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Digging for Treasure Resumes in Tracks of Illusive Nazi Gold Train

By JNi.Media

Tadeusz Slowikowski, 86, is responsible for the Nazi gold train rumor and has spent much of his time since the 1950s searching for that train.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / Islamists / Germany / Holocaust

Luxury Berlin Hotel Denies Claude Lanzmann's Claim It Erased Israel

By JNi.Media

“One cannot fight against Arab terrorism and at the same time allow Israel to be eradicated at one of the noblest and most important hotels in Berlin,” Lanzmann wrote.

InDepth

Nazi Policy and Black Victims—Before, During, and After the Holocaust—from Africa to Berlin to North Carolina

By Edwin Black

Understanding Nazism and the Holocaust is important for Blacks, Roma, people with disabilities, the gay community, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and other groups in addition to Jews.

Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Germany

Diplomatic Sources Say Israeli Ties With Germany Are Strong

By Jewish Press News Desk

Despite rumors being published by Der Spiegel, sources say relations are strong between Israel and Berlin.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Islamists / Germany / ISIS

Israeli Institutions in Berlin Targeted for Terror by ISIS-Inspired Germans

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Two German men are being tried for planning ISIS-inspired attacks against Israeli institutions in Berlin.

Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust / Assimilation

Berlin 2015: Jewish Magazines Now Arrive in Plain Paper for Safety

By Rachel Levy

In Berlin 2015, a major Jewish monthly magazine is now delivered in plain wrapping paper -- to minimize the chance of attack.

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

New Jewish Community in Berlin Linked To Pre-War Congregation

By JTA

A new Jewish community was dedicated in the former East Berlin, in the footsteps of one destroyed by the Nazis. In an odd twist, the community has the same name as another Berlin congregation that is mired in legal limbo and debt after failing to prove it has any members. In Tuesday’s ceremonies at the […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany

New Year’s Revelers Urinate on Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

By JTA

New Year’s revelers shot fireworks and urinated in Germany’s Holocaust memorial in Berlin. Reacting to a disgusting and shocking video that also explicitly showed a man urinating amid young party-goers celebrating among the 2711 stone slabs at the memorial last week, spokesperson Jenifer Stolz told JTA that “we are all quite appalled. But it is […]

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Artwork in German Parliament May Have Been Nazi-Looted

By JTA

Two artworks hanging in Germany’s parliament building in Berlin may have been confiscated or acquired at artificially depressed prices by the Nazis from the original owners, German newspapers reported. The Die Welt newspaper suggested that one of the works coincidentally stems from a gallery owned by an uncle of Hildebrand Gurlitt, the Nazi-era dealer whose […]

Israel / Jewish / Germany

New Berlin Jewish Student Center Fights Anti-Israel Trend

By Jewish Press News Desk

Berlin’s first Jewish student house opened its doors on Sunday for pro-Israel lectures and activities in response to anti-Israel tendencies commonly found on Berlin’s campuses and for cultural and leisure activities for Jewish students in the German capital. Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, who is behind the effort and serves as a Jewish community rabbi in Berlin, […]

US / News Briefs / Archaeology / Holocaust

NY Court to Decide Dispute over ‘Holocaust-Ancient Assyrian Link'

By Jewish Press Staff

The Holocaust has no historical connection with ancient Assyria, but there is a curiously possible link provided by a gold tablet obtained by a Holocaust survivor. A German museum wants it back.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Aliyah / Geulah

Yair Lapid Tells US Jews They Are Safer than in Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Last week in Budapest, Israel’s glamor MK Yair Lapid scolded Israelis for living in Berlin and not in Israel. So what does he say in NY? Israel may be home, but you know, you are much safer if you stay put.

Israel / News Briefs / Egypt / Holocaust

Yad Vashem Cites Egyptian Doctor as Righteous Among the Nations

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Yad Vashem recently recognized Dr. Mohamed Helmy and Frieda Szturmann as Righteous Among the Nations, an honorary title bestowed by Yad Vashem on behalf of the State of Israel and the Jewish people to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Dr. Helmy, an Egyptian physician living in Berlin and Szturmann, […]

US / News Briefs / Holocaust

Michelle Obama and Daughters Visit Berlin Holocaust Memorial

By JTA

First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha visited the Holocaust memorial in Berlin amid tight security Wednesday morning under tight security. They spent about a half-hour walking through the sea of 2,711 slabs that comprise the memorial, according to Uwe Neumaerker, its director. They were guarded by helicopters hovering over the area, which […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

Israeli Rabbinate Backs Berlin Rabbi for Oral Suction at Brit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Chief Rabbinate of Israel has sent a letter of support to Berlin Chabad Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal, who was charged by an anti-circumcision activist for practicing the ritual of oral suction of a small amount of blood at a circumcision. The practice is widely accepted in Israel but caused controversy in the New York area […]

Op-Eds

The German Women Who Stood Up to the Nazis

By Nathan Stoltzfus

In cases where the Nazi regime judged that protest could spark attention from the broader German public, the decision was made for tactical reasons to appease rather than quell with brute force.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

BDS Attacks JNF Concert Goers in Berlin (Video)

By Jewish Press News Desk

The BDS movement reached new lows, apparently in frustration as their attempts to convince others to divest from Israel continue to fail. In Berlin they resorted to disrupting a JNF fundraising concert attended by mostly senior citizens, who they had no problem with physically pushing around.

News Briefs / Europe / Religion

Jews, Muslims, Christians Protest German Anti-Circumcision Law

By Malkah Fleisher

Approximately 300 protesters across the religious spectrum demonstrated in eastern Berlin in favor of religious freedom and the decriminalization of circumcision in Germany.

News Briefs / Europe

German state of Berlin Declares Circumcision, Not Brit Milah, Legal

By JTA

Berlin declares circumcision legal only if performed by a doctor. Brit Mila by a Mohel is still illegal.

News Briefs

German Jews Warn Against Yarmulkes

By JTA

After an attack on a rabbi in Berlin, Gideon Joffe, the head of the Berlin Jewish community, said he would "not recommend that any Jew go around in parts of Berlin with a kipah." On Tuesday, Rabbi Daniel Alter of Berlin was violently attacked while picking up his daughter from a piano lesson. He currently […]

Tales of the Gaonim

The Evil Inclination

By Rabbi Sholom Klass

Rav Tzvi Hirsh Levin, the rav of Berlin, was an extremely clever and sharp individual and possessed a remarkable sense of humor that he used well in his attempts to get across Torah views.

Jewish / Global / Religion

It's Official: No Circumcision in Germany - Jewish Hospital Bans the Brit

By Malkah Fleisher

The Jewish Hospital in Berlin has suspended all religious circumcisions of children following a ruling delivered by a German court banning the practice.

News Briefs

Germany Raises Diplomatic Ties With PA/PLO

By Jewish Press News Desk

Germany has just raised the level of representation of the PA/PLO delegation in Berlin to "Diplomatic Mission" headed by an Ambassador. This was announced Wednesday by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle while visiting in Ramallah. The change in diplomatic status may be related to Merkel's several recent condemnations of Israel's settlement policy. France, Spain, Portugal, […]

Serials

Getzlight - Chapter I

By Ruchama Feuerman

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