Germany

Germany’s military to have Jewish chaplains for first time in a century

A Jewish leader called it “a sign of the growing relationship of trust between the Jewish community and the Bundeswehr,” the armed forces.

By Toby Axelrod April 3, 2019 8:45 am

Ben, Hannah, Lea, Noah: Germany’s non-Jewish parents are loving Hebrew Bible names

But few non-Jewish parents actually know the meaning of such names – they just like how they sound.

March 27, 2019 8:27 am

Head of German Jewry tells government to cancel pension payments to former SS members

Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said the payments of pensions to people who might have committed war crimes was “intolerable.”

March 27, 2019 8:07 am

German president under fire for congratulating Iranian regime on 40th anniversary

By Toby Axelrod February 28, 2019 10:27 am

Sausage museum says it won’t build on site of former Nazi camp in Germany

By Marcy Oster February 3, 2019 10:04 am

40 years ago, an American miniseries changed the way Germans thought about their history. Now ‘Holocaust’ is being shown there again.

By Toby Axelrod January 23, 2019 12:38 pm

Trial of former Nazi SS guard suspended due to his ill health

By Marcy Oster December 13, 2018 12:54 pm

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 10, 2018 1:17 pm

Ukraine Jewish cemetery gets protective fence with German funds

By Toby Axelrod December 10, 2018 11:30 am

Kosher ban is OK with Jewish supporters of Germany’s far-right party

By Marcy Oster December 4, 2018 1:43 pm

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