German Jews

Walter Jacob, Pittsburgh rabbi who helped revive Reform Judaism in Germany, dies at 94

A refugee from Nazi Germany who returned to create a seminary for Liberal rabbis.

Advertisement

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

The building is a case study in how Jewish institutions in Germany are funded and operated.

Rolf Eden, Germany’s leading playboy who fought in Israel’s War of Independence, dies at 92

He is often credited with opening Germany’s first discotheque and left an outsized legacy on the country’s sex culture.

Film version of "In the Heights"

New York

Lin-Manuel Miranda and my German-Jewish grandma both made ‘the Heights’ what it is

Global

In Germany, COVID-19 postpones the revival of the Jewish Carnival tradition that the Nazis tried to end

Global

In Germany, the rise of anti-Semitism and other extremism has Jews questioning their future

Global

The global proportion of Jews living in Europe is as low as it was 1,000 years ago. And the future there doesn’t look bright.

Global

Jews dance with Torah on German street that had been named for Hitler

Global

Brexit is pushing Jews to seek passports from countries that persecuted their ancestors

Potsdam synagogue

Global

Soviet immigration, once a bane of Germany’s Jews, has become their salvation

Load More

Advertisement