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IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / News Briefs

Liberman Apologizes to Obama for Munich Comparison

By JNi.Media

On Sunday, the White House staff let the Israelis know they were fuming, and unable to understand how Israel chooses to attack the president in the midst of negotiating the biggest military aid package.

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Germany

German Culture Minister Promises Reform of Judenfrei Nazi Loot Commission

By JNi.Media

German Culture Minister Monika Grütters told the New York Times last March that a Jewish member on the committee “would be the only voice who would be prejudiced.”

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / Government / News Briefs

Obama, Liberman Statements Expose Raw Nerves in Jerusalem, DC, over Iran Deal

By JNi.Media

The boorish voice in this incident belonged to Obama. As a NY Post editorial put it, "What could President Obama have been thinking?"

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Rockets from Gaza

Israel: Hamas Dominates World Vision Christian Charity, Usurping Cash, Provisions, Permits

By JNi.Media

Hamas warehouses were disguised as World Vision warehouses, and trucks bringing supplies from Israel into Gaza unload their goods at those Hamas warehouses instead of legitimate World Vision warehouses.

Terrorism / US / Politics / News Briefs / Europe / Islamists

42% of French Muslim Youth Support Suicide Bombing, Young US Muslims Not Far Behind

By JNi.Media

A November, 2015 Pew Poll found that while a large percentage of Muslim youths in the West support suicide bombing.

Terrorism / Antisemitism / News Briefs / The Knesset / Media / European Union

EU Counter-Anti-Semitism Czar: Our Goal to Allow Jews Fear-Free Life in Europe

By JNi.Media

A Rabbi of the Rabbinical Center of Europe told the EU official she cannot constantly undermine the foundations of Judaism: brit milah and kosher shechitah, and talk about wanting to eradicate anti-Semitism.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Israeli Leftwing Hooligans Attack Pro-Azaria Rally with Tear Gas

By JNi.Media

"If these were [rightwing organization] Lehava activists there is no doubt they would have been held in jail until the end of the proceedings."

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Europe

UPDATE: Swiss Air Force Escorts El Al Plane Following Bomb Threat

By Jewish Press News Desk

The flight is from NY to Tel Aviv. The anonymous threat said the bomb was in the kitchen.

Politics / Police and Crime / History / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany

Report: Germany Returned Nazi-Looted Art to the Nazis who Looted It

By JNi.Media

It seems that Bavaria thought restitution meant restitution to the Nazis rather than to their victims.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Germany

Lone Gunman Attacks Theater in Germany

By Jewish Press News Desk

German police moved fast to shut down a terrorist situation in a theater in Vernheim, about 40 miles south of Frankfurt.

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Holocaust

German Jews Irate at Sale of Göring’s Silk Underpants

By JNi.Media

German law prohibits the open display of Nazi memorabilia, but not their purchase or ownership by folks who just wonder what it would be like to own the Reichsminister of Aviation's silk shorts.

Syria / Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / Islamists / Religion / Iraq

Cardinal Urging Christians to Convert ISIS Members, Regardless of Obvious Repercussions

By JNi.Media

"We have a mission to convert Muslims to Christianity. We have a mission to convert the people of all the non-Christian religions [except] Judaism."

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / United Nations (UN)

Israel Among Top Five Countries on WHO 2015 Life Expectancy Chart

By JNi.Media

Only 22 countries around the globe have reached an average life expectancy greater than 80 years, so if one is planning to retire abroad, one should consider those countries most seriously.

Photo of the Day

Victory Day

By Photo of the Day

Russian-Israeli World War 2 veterans celebrate 71 years since the Allies victory over Nazi Germany, with a parade in Jerusalem on May 8, 2016.

Israel / News Briefs / Holocaust

PM Netanyahu's Yom Hashoah Speech at Yad Vashem

By dvora

Following is the address by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve (4 May) of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day.

Israel / News Briefs / Holocaust

Honoring the ‘Jewish Schindler’ You’ve Never Heard Of

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

It’s the Holocaust rescue story that often goes untold—Jews who put their lives on the line to save their fellow Jews.

IDF & Security / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Offspring of Wehrmacht Soldiers Serving in IDF

By JNi.Media

"Every time I arrive in my uniform, my 82-year-old grandfather starts crying."

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israeli Arabs

Israel's Material Well-Being and National Wealth Stats Up Across the Board

By JNi.Media

Israeli Jews were more satisfied than Israeli Arabs — 60% vs. 48% respectively.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Germany

Jewish Group Condemns German YouTube's Neo-Nazi Videos

By JNi.Media

"If I post something from Adele or Taylor Swift, you can bet it'll be gone in a few hours."

Government / News Briefs / Holocaust

Kahlon: Half-Billion Shekels to Go to Holocaust Survivors and Elderly

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The new plans will benefit 60,000 survivors living below the poverty line.

Jewish / Politics / Police and Crime / Elections / News Briefs / Islamists / Religion / Germany

German Rightwing Party Calling for Ban on Islam as Leftists Clash with Police

By JNi.Media

"An orthodox Islam that does not respect our constitution or even contradicts it is incompatible with our legal system and culture."

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.

News Briefs / Germany / Assimilation

Comprehensive Survey of Israelis in Germany Finds They Are Secular, Educated Leftists

By JNi.Media

26.1% have a German citizenship; 54% live with a spouse who is a German national; and 54.4% have parents or grandparents who are Holocaust survivors.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Holocaust

US Soldier Named 'Righteous among the Nations'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Master Sgt. Robbie Edwards, as a POW, told a Nazi officer if he wants to exterminate Jewish soldiers, he has to murder him and fellow non-Jews.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / Judea & Samaria / Germany / Settlements / European Union

UPDATE: German Store Sells 'Made in Israeli' Goods from Settlements

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The large Galeria Kaufhof chain denied a previous report that it took "settlement" goods off its shelves and insists, "We don’t get involved in politics."

Israel / News Briefs / Germany

'Israeli Intelligence Prevented Massive Terror Attack in Germany'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Report: Israeli sources, and not those from France as originally thought, warned exactly how terrorists planned to blow up a soccer match. A bomb was found in an ambulance.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Boycott / BDS

Ambassador: Germany Strongly Opposes Boycott of Israeli Products

By JNi.Media

Israeli farmers in the Jordan Valley have shifted their sales to Russia, the US and Canada, and don’t bother being treated as second class vendors in Europe.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

German Chancellor: Jewish Life in Judea and Samaria 'Counter-Productive'

By Jewish Press News Desk

She also said the Palestinians must condemn "everything constituting the support of terror."

Israel / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Holocaust

Netanyahu Attacks Deniers of Mufti-Holocaust Links

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Prime Minister kept the connection of the Muslim leader with Hitler in the headlines just prior to visiting Germany.

US / Politics / Elections / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Holocaust

Ben Carson’s Defenders Say Comment on Holocaust and Jewish Guns Has Merit

By JNi.Media

There were an estimated 20,000 German Jews who owned guns. In 1933, the Nazis used official records to disarm potential opponents—communists, socialists and Jews.

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / News Briefs / Germany

German Jewish Leader Fears Anti-Semitic Syrian Refugees

By JNi.Media

Josef Schuster fears the fact that many of the refugees seeking asylum in Germany come from countries hostile to Israel might bolster anti-Semitic views among the Arab community.

News Briefs / Europe

Several Refugees Injured in Mass Brawl over Toilets in Hamburg Shelter

By JNi.Media

The Syrians and Afghans fought over the use of the showers at the makeshift accommodation. An eyewitness report on Facebook suggested the cause of the dispute was a locked toilet door.

News Briefs / Islamists / Germany

German Police Chief: Muslim Violence Shows Christian Refugees Must Be Housed Separately

By JNi.Media

A German police union official explained, “Sunnis fight Shiites, there are Salafists of varying kinds… Women are being forced to wear veils. Men are forced to pray. Islamists want to impose their values.”

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Former Auschwitz Radio Operator Charged with Accessory to Murder

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A 91-year-old SS woman aided operations that led to the murder of 260,000 Jews.

News Briefs / Germany

Germany Looking to Expunge Laws Written by Hitlers ‘Blood Judge’

By JNi.Media

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas has proposed updating the Strafgesetzbuch German penal code and removing from it those unmistakable traces of Nazism.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / European Union

Netanyahu Hints at Nazi Germany in Reaction to EU's 'West Bank' Labeling

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu: "We have historical memory of what happened when Europe labeled Jewish products."

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Auschwitz Provides Tourists with Outdoor Showers to 'Cool Down'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The management of the former death camp says there was no intention to remind people of the gas "showers."

Jewish / News Briefs / Sports

Jewish Athletes Return to Berlin 79 Years After Hitler’s Olympics

By JNi.Media

Europe’s biggest Jewish sports event will take place in Germany—for the first time in its history.

News Briefs / Germany

Breaking News: Mass Murder in German Shooting Spree

By Jewish Press News Desk

UPDATE: At least one man and woman were killed and one other person was injured in a shooting spree near Ansbach, Germany on Friday. Unconfirmed reports say that several people were killed. It is not yet known if it a terrorist attack. Police reportedly have captured the murderer, who fled in a silver Mercedes Cabrio

US / News Briefs / Gulf States / UAE / Iraq

Arabs Charge Obama With Turning His Back on Iraqi Prime Minister

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Arab world clearly distrusts Obama even more than Israel doubts him, although they are a bit paranoid.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Germany

10 IDF Naval Officers Move to Germany to Oversee Shipbuilding

By Jewish Press News Desk

Germany is building 4 new warships for Israel, and IDF officers will be part of the process.

The Muqata

Obama's Irrational Understanding of Anti-Semitism

By JoeSettler

President Obama believes anti-Semites limit their anti-Semitism to discrimination and organizing, but will always put their survival first!

Photo of the Day

Netanyahu on VE Day

By Photo of the Day

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking the victory day on Nazi Germany, 70 years ago, in Latrun on May 7, 2015.

Uncategorized / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Lauder at 70th Bergen-Belsen Liberation Ceremony: 'Silence Emboldens Tyrants'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Lauder: 'Jews demanded no 'Right of Return' to Germany or Austria or Poland or any other European country.'

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Survivors to Testify in Trial of 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Oskar Groening's admission of crimes and denial of guilt exposes the depths and truth of evil.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany

Berlin Teacher Taught Students to March and Sing Nazi Anthem

By Jewish Press Staff

The teacher could face three years in jail for displaying Nazi symbols, which includes singing Nazi songs.

News Briefs / France / Germany

Germanwings Co-Pilot Intentionally Crashed Plane and Killed Passengers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Authorities have ruled out terror but don’t know of the co-pilot's motives.

US / UK / News Briefs / France / United Nations (UN) / Germany

Iran's Rouhani Optimistic 'Possible to Reach Agreement' on Nuclear Deal

By Jewish Press Staff

Iran's Pres. Rouhani is optimistic an agreement can be reached on a nuclear deal, says there's "nothing that cannot be resolved."

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.

Terrorism / Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / Global / News Briefs

Israel Hits Back at ICC

By Jewish Press News Desk

The ICC is a political organization dependent on donor countries.

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Who Gave $1 Million for Museum That May Deal with Nazi-Looted Art?

By JTA

The Gurlitt Museum promises all looted art will be returned to the rightful owners.

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Report: German Ambassador to Holland to Visit Graves of SS Soldiers

By JTA

The German envoy has a perverse version of “never forget.”

Op-Eds

Connecting The Dots Between Euro Anti-Zionism And Anti-Semitism

By Jonathan S. Tobin

Anti-Semitism has returned to the mainstream of European society and Israel has become its focus.

Antisemitism / Germany / Holocaust

Ex-Auschwitz Guard Charged with 300,000 Counts of Accessory to Murder

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Oskar Groening’s defense is that he only was cog in the Nazi death machine.

Islamists / Germany

'Sharia Police’ on Patrol in Germany

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Germany vowed a year ago it is cracking down on Islamic extremists. It is losing.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Germany

Nuclear-Capable Sub on the Way for IDF Navy

By Jewish Press Staff

The Israeli navy is about to receive its fourth submarine and the first of three nuclear-capable subs purchased from Germany.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Rockets from Gaza

Bibi: Gaza Op to Continue, Intensify if Rockets Don't Stop

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

If Gaza missile fire does not cease, the PM says Israel is prepared to resume and intensify the operation.

News Briefs / Germany

Germany: Priceless Art Collection Stolen From Jews

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Collection seized by German officials in 2012, but owner said he'd come to it all legally. Perhaps he considered stealing from Jews legal?

NY / News Briefs / Germany

German Chancellor Tops Forbes’ 100 List

By Jewish Press News Desk

Germany's leader, Angela Merkel, is the most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes Magazine.

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs / Germany

Germany Cancels Gunboat Discount - Because of Peace Talks Breakdown and Obama

By Shalom Bear

The US denies President Obama had any role in the German decision to cancel the promised discount.

Government / News Briefs / Europe

Netanyahu Learns from Merkel How to Stay on Schedule

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday his meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Cabinet was “exceptional” because it was on schedule. Considering Israeli’s penchant for “on time” a synonym for running on a clock that does not keep time, that might be the most valuable result of the visit. “We had a very enjoyable […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Germany

German Paper’s Caricature of Hook-Nosed Zuckerberg ‘Anti-Semitic’

By JTA

Which is more disgusting – an anti-Semitic caricature of Zuckerberg or his throwing away Judaism for atheism?

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Thessaloniki Jews Suing Germany in European Human Rights Court

By JTA

The Jewish community of Thessaloniki is suing Germany for the return of a ransom paid during the Nazi occupation of Greece. The papers were filed Friday in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, the community’s president, David Saltiel, told JTA. The move to the European court comes after a struggle of two […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

German Police Three Auschwitz Guard Suspects

By Jewish Press News Desk

German police arrested three men in their 80s and 90s Thursday on suspicion of accessory to murder when they were guards at the Auschwitz death camp. Three others, all in their 90s, may also be arrested if police uncover enough evidence to warrant putting them on trial. "This is a major step," said Nazi hunter […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Germany

Gag Order Lifted: Two Israelis Arrested for Smuggling Arms to Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

How did smugglers of arms to Iran escaped the law for 10 years. How could Israeli Jews even think of helping the enemy?

Israel / Antisemitism / Germany

Peres to Award Merkel for Fighting Anti-Semitism

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Shimon Peres will confer the Presidential Medal of Distinction on German Chancellor Angela Merkel next Tuesday for “her unwavering commitment to Israel's security and the fight against anti-Semitism.” His office stated Thursday, The medal, the highest civilian award in Israel and comparable to the Legion of Honor of France and the Order of Canada, […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Report: Croatia Probes Former US Citizen on Auschwitz War Crimes

By JTA

Croatian authorities are investigating a 90-year-old man suspected of committing war crimes as an SS soldier and guard at the Auschwitz death camp. Germany’s Special Prosecutor’s Office for Investigation of Crimes during the Period of National Socialism last month alerted Croatian authorities to the presence in Croatia of Jacob Dencinger, the Croatian news outlet Jutarnji […]

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 […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Germany to Pay Amsterdam Jews for ‘Voluntary’ Ghetto Labor

By JTA

More than 1,000 people have applied for new compensation of a one-time payment of $2,700 from Germany for labor performed in Amsterdam’s Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust. The compensation is offered to people who lived in three districts of the Dutch capital that served as ghettos for the city’s Jewish community during the German occupation […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Germany / Settlements

German Foreign Minister: Israel’s Building ‘Disrupts’ Peace Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

Visiting Germany Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier accused Israel of “disrupting” talks with the Palestinian Authority for a peace agreement by announcing the construction of more homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria. He alleged that the building violates understandings that Kerry set forth last July, when direct talks resumed for the first time in three […]

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Germany

German Grandmother Celebrates 104th Birthday by Dead Sea

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

At the age of 104, she decided the time had come to “live a little.”

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 […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Sports / Holocaust

Nazi-Era Soccer Program with Swastika Up for Auction

By Jewish Press News Desk

Nazi lovers and sports fans now have chance to add a Nazi-era soccer poster, complete with a swastika, to their collections. A Nazi-era poster of soccer game between Ireland and Germany, represented by a picture of a swastika, is going on sale at an auction in Dublin.The poster is expected to bring in up to […]

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 […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Bavaria Will not Reprint Hitler’s’ Mein Kampf’ In 2014

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bavaria has decided to scrap its plans to reprint Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" with critical commentary when a legal ban by Germany on republishing it expires at the end of 2015. Germany owns the book’s copyright because Hitler, born in Austria, was registered as a resident of Munich. He wrote the autobiographical "Mein Kampf" (My […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Anne Frank Sapling Cut Down, Stolen in Germany

By JTA

A sapling that came from the tree that stood outside the hiding place of Anne Frank in Amsterdam was cut down and stolen in Frankfurt, German police  said. Unidentified parties cut down the 8-foot tree outside the Anne Frank School sometime between last week and Monday, according to a report Tuesday by the Dutch public […]

Israel / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia / Germany / Sports

German Soccer Team Boycotts Saudi Airline that Banned Israelis

By JTA

A German soccer team withdrew from a sponsorship agreement with Saudi Arabia’s national airline because it refuses to ticket Israeli citizens. The FSV Frankfurt team abrogated the contract with Saudia this week after criticism leveled by Jewish groups and other organizations, according to the Associated Press. The airline’s director told The New York Post in […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

German Satirical Novel about Return of Hitler to Become Movie

By JTA

A best-selling German satirical novel about the return of Adolf Hitler to modern-day Germany is being adapted into a film. “Er Ist Wieder Da,” German for “He’s Back,” sold 1.3 million copies in Germany after its 2012 release. In the book, Hitler awakens in modern-day Berlin and garners enough attention to become host of his […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Holocaust

French Firm's Cleaning Product Name Sounds Like Nazis’ Zyklon B

By Jewish Press News Desk

The French-based "IPC – Sa" Firm said it will change the name of its deterging product from “Cyclone B,” almost the same as that of the infamous Nazi gas "Zyklon B," after strong condemnation by European Jewish Association  General Director, Rabbi Menachem Margolin The Nazis used "cyclone B"  gas to exterminate Jews in death camps […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Awareness Campaign Sparks Probes of Alleged Nazi War Criminals

By JTA

At least four investigations of possible Nazi-era war criminals have been turned over to German investigators in recent months after being identified as a result of an awareness campaign by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. “Operation Last Chance II,” launched in 2011 and expanded Monday with a new poster campaign, has yielded hundreds of calls and […]

News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

Nazi-Looted Art Discovered In Munich to Go Online

By JTA

German authorities have bowed to international pressure and are publishing a partial list of artworks found in a Munich apartment. The spectacular art find – including works by Chagall, Picasso, Matisse and Beckmann – was publicized by the Munich-based Focus magazine earlier this month. Officials are assembling a “task force” of experts to speed up provenance research. […]

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, […]

Israel / United Nations (UN) / Germany

Report: Germany Tells Israel to Cooperate with UN Rights Panel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Germany reportedly has told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that Israel faces “serious consequences” if it does not restore its former relationship with the U.N. Human Rights Council. Avigdor Lieberman, who was Foreign Minister last year, cut Israel’s ties with the panel after it announced it was going to investigate the Jewish presence in Judea and […]

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.

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Anne Frank Video Game Re-Creates One Day of Hiding

By JTA

An interactive video game will allow users to relive a day in the life of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank. The focus of the game, simply titled “Anne Frank,” is the day in October 1942 that the teenage Anne wrote in her diary about her fears that a worker was about to discover the family’s hiding […]

Israel / News Briefs / Germany

Dutch PM - Unlike Germany, the Netherlands Will Not Separate Products from the Jewish State

By Jewish Press News Desk

During a press conference with President Shimon Peres on Thursday, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte unequivocally stated that products made over the 1967 Green Line, will continue to be labeled "Made in Israel" in the Netherlands, according to a report in JPost.com. The Dutch position is unlike that of the Germans, who definitely plan to […]

Op-Eds

The Unpredicted Consequences of the German Elections

By Peter Martino

Because of the "5% hurdle," Germany's new coalition will tilt be to the left, while voters clearly wanted Germany to turn to the right.

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, […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / US / Qatar / News Briefs / France / Saudi Arabia / Germany

Obama Begins Attack Blitz, Says 24 Nations Back ‘Strong Response’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The White House announced Monday that more than dozen more countries have formally backed a “strong international response" to the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The United States now has the support of 24 countries, not including Israel which has tried to lay low. The list includes an interesting collection of allies, such as […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Hitler’s ‘I Knew Nothing’ Bodyguard Dies at 96

By JTA

Adolf Hitler’s bodyguard, who claimed he knew nothing about the Nazi extermination of 6 million Jews. Has died at the age of 96. SS Staff Sgt. Rochus Misch was at Hitler’s side he and Eva Braun committed suicide before the Allies could capture them. Braun, who was his mistress until a quick marriage ceremony shortly […]

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Germany

Plans for Munich Olympics Memorial Unveiled

By JTA

Plans for a memorial in Munich to 11 Israelis and a German police officer murdered at the 1972 Summer Olympics there were unveiled on Wednesday, the eve of Rosh HaShanah, at the Bavarian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs. The planned hall of remembrance is slated to be built near the site that housed the […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Germany Wants to Indict 30 Auschwitz Nazi Guards

By Jewish Press News Desk

Judicial officials in Germany have investigated 49 former Nazi guards at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp and said 30 of them should be prosecuted, while nine others have since died Another seven of the former guards are living outside of the country. Some of the guards are reportedly as old as 97. The justice agency in […]

US / News Briefs / Religion / Holocaust / Judaism

The Ultimate Revenge for Holocaust Survivor: New Torah Scroll

By Jewish Press Staff

Holocaust survivors have at least two ways to take revenge against the Nazis. One is to overcome the past and bring a new family into the world. The other is to donate a Torah. Marge Fettmen did both.

News Briefs / Germany / Russia / Holocaust

Russia Giving Up to $1 Million to Auschwitz Conservation Fund

By JTA

Russia will contribute up to $1 million to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation for the conservation and maintenance of the site of the former Nazi concentration camp, the Polskie Radio website reported. A statement issued by the Russian Embassy in Warsaw stated that support for the project is “a common moral duty as it serves the mission […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Holocaust

Schindler’s List Goes Unsold on eBay

By JTA

An original list of names of 801 Jews rescued by German industrialist Oskar Schindler did not find a buyer on eBay, where the opening bid was set to be at least $3 million for the 14-page list typed on onion skin paper. California collectors Gary Zimet and Eric Gazin had said when the auction was […]

Serials

Persuaded - Chapter IV

By Barbara Bensoussan

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