Jews in germany

A dangerous habit: Legislating hatred one step at a time - opinion

Britain’s wider policy choices also deserve scrutiny. The government has placed restrictions on certain materials connected to Israel’s defense while deciding to admit more people from Gaza.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes a statement on the situation in the Middle East, after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 1, 2026.
German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader, Friedrich Merz, walks to attend a press conference, after the state elections, in Berlin, Germany, September 21, 2026.

'Unrestrained antisemitism': German politicians, Jewish leaders warn over Left Party’s rise

German police officers stand guard, July 26, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. Ilustrative.

Berlin woman attacked with broken glass bottle for wearing Star of David necklace, police say

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

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


Are too many Germans converting to Judaism? - analysis

In a DW column titled “Why the increasing number of converts is a problem for Judaism,” Avitall Gerstetter charged that too many people in Germany convert for the wrong reasons.

The German flag is pictured at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, November 7, 2017

How a Holocaust survivor helped make Bayern Munich a soccer powerhouse

Last month, Bayern Munich celebrated former team president Kurt Landauer’s crowning achievement — the club’s first national championship win in 1932.

 A plaque honors Kurt Landauer at the Allianz Arena, the stadium of FC Bayern Munich.

Antisemitic crimes in Germany increased by 29% in 2021 - gov't report

3,027 antisemitic incidents were registered last year, up from 2,351 in 2020, according to the German government's annual report.

 A participant in a demonstration against Coronavirus restrictions stands with a yellow star with the inscription "not vaccinated" in Berlin, March 13, 2021.

Interim head of scandal-ridden German seminary vows changes, won't replace top rabbi

Rabbi Walter Homolka has been on leave since early May, when allegations of sexual harassment and abuse of power against him broke into public view.

 Attorney Gabriele Thöne, interim director of the Abraham Geiger College and former state secretary, and attorney Micha Guttmann, photographed during a press conference about allegations of sexual harassment against the director of the college, in Potsdam, Germany, June 1, 2022.

Why are Ukrainian Jews fleeing to Germany? - opinion

Many Jewish Ukrainian refugees – no one know how many, but it is certainly thousands - are choosing to come to Germany. Why?

 JDC evacuating Ukrainian Jews to Moldova.

Lost Torah scroll reappears in German town 83 years after disappearance

The Torah had not been seen since Kristallnacht, the pogrom against synagogues and Jewish property in German-speaking lands on Nov. 9 and 10, 1938.

 Uwe Mader with the Torah scroll fragments he handed over to the city of Görlitz, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021.

Munich Jewish conference postponed amid wave of COVID cases

After the most recent lockdown in Munich ended in May, many community leaders had invested in reinvigorating communal activity. Now, locals are gearing up to instead celebrate Hanukkah alone.

 Jews listen to prayers at the Ohel Jakob Synagogue in Munich, Nov. 23, 2021.

My German grandmother’s childhood autograph book survived the Holocaust

Jenny Katz Bachenheimer's book, known in German as a “Poesiealbum,” accompanied the family when my mother and grandparents escaped the Nazis in the 1930s.

 The author's grandmother, Jenny Katz, in 1927, the year before she married Siegfried Bachenheimer.

German police do push-ups on Holocaust monument

Accessible to the public, visitors are asked to refrain from performing offensive behaviors at the memorial • acts of indecency have been reported in the past

THE MASSIVE cemetery-like Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.

6,500 Holocaust survivors to receive pension from Germany for first time

6,500 Holocaust survivors will receive pensions from Germany, including Russian, German, Israeli and French nationals who hid in Nazi-occupied territory.

An original yellow star (not on general display) is seen at the artifacts department of the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, ahead of the Israeli annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 10, 2018