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Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalized in latest antisemitic vandalism incident

The memorial for the 32,000 deported Jews has faced repeated vandalism since its creation, with it being splashed with white paint and covered in parcel tape in August.

A Stolperstein or a 'stumbling stone' with the words, "here lived Margot Bendheim, born 1921, deported 1944 - Theresienstadt, survived" engraved in memory of Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender, is embedded in front of the house where she once lived, after she died on May 9 at the age of 103.
People attend a commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp on January 27, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalized, covered in green graffiti, police say

THE FREE University Berlin (Freie Universitaet Berlin) stands at twilight on February 07, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.

Violent assault on Jewish student in Berlin not antisemitic in motive, appeals court rules

Rabbi A. Goldberg of Rabbinical Centre of Europe, German President F.W. Steinmeier, Rabbi Y. Teichtal, Chief Rabbi of Berlin & head of Chabad Berlin, Rabbi K. Ber, Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel

Jerusalem Post and Chabad highlight global Hanukkah menorah lightings


Berlin Jewish youth soccer team attacked by knife-wielding pro-Palestinian mob

The players were reportedly chased by a crowd wielding sticks and knives, according to German news site Tagesspiegel daily.

TuS Makkabi Berlin

History in Berlin: The city center closes for a Torah dedication ceremony


Germany's political shift: AfD's victory and rise of left-wing populism - opinion

As Germany's far-right AfD secures regional victories and the left-wing BSW rises, new challenges for Israel's relationship with its key European ally and the Jewish community within it emerge.

 SAHRA WAGENKNECHT, leader of Germany’s Buendnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) Party, attends a news conference after elections in Saxony and Thuringia, in Berlin, on Monday.

Berlin film festival bars far-right party criticized by Jews from gala opening event

The festival has dealt with sufficient turmoil since barring the group from one of the largest events of its kind worldwide.

Berlin Cityscape seen from Victory Column

Stars of David drawn on Jewish woman's home in Berlin

The Berlin Police confirmed that an investigation into hate incitement has been opened at the Police State Security Criminal Office.

 A person is detained during a Pro-Palestinian protest during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berlin, Germany, October 13, 2023.

Court rules Berlin rabbi accused of sexual misconduct should not hold positions of authority

Berlin Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov is accused of using his rabbinical status to force women to comply with his sexual demands over more than a decade.

 Inner view of Berlin's Tiferet Israel Sephardic Synagogue, as seen in 2016.

Berlin rabbi fired amid mounting allegations he preyed on young women

Now, Yaacobov has been fired from his position as the rabbi of Tiferet Israel, Berlin’s Sephardic synagogue, because of the alleged misconduct.

Israelis protest sexual violence in the country. Photo taken in 2020

Netanyahu alludes to Iran in Berlin, says evil must be halted early

They stood the very tracks from which more than 50,000 members of Berlin's Jewish Community were deported to concentration camps.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lay wreaths as they visit Platform 17 (Gleis 17), the memorial to those who were deported to the death camps by Deutsche Reichsbahn trains in 1941-1945, at Berlin-Grunewald train station in Berlin, Germany March 16, 2023

10 months into leadership crisis, fighting has renewed over German rabbinical schools’ future

The Central Council has said it cannot legally pass along government funds for the Jewish Community of Berlin.

 A CLASSROOM at a Tel Aviv school is empty due to a strike called by the Teachers’ Union.

In a twist, German rabbi at scandal’s center cedes rabbinical school ownership to Berlin Jews

Rabbi Walter Homolka faced allegations of sexual harassment scandal involving his husband, who was also his employee.

Rabbi Walter Homolka