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Fast Forward Can You Guess The Top 10 Countries By Jewish Population?
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s annual world Jewish population figures have been released, and they reveal that Jews continue to be spread throughout the world, although mostly concentrated in major countries. According to research by Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor Sergio Della Pergola, the global Jewish population in 2019 is 14.6 million. There are 175…
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Fast Forward Nazi-Looted Art Returned To Heirs Of German-Jewish Art Collector
(JTA) — Germany returned two Nazi-looted late medieval panels to the heirs of a Jewish art collector. The predella panels, found at the base of an altar, were owned by businessman Harry Fuld Sr. Dating from about 1455, the works by the Italian artist Giovanni di Paolo depict two scenes of the life of St….
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Fast Forward Germany Eases Citizenship For Families Who Fled Nazis
(JTA) — Germany said it will make naturalization easier for some people, including Jews, who fled the Nazi regime because of persecution. The move Friday is announced in two decrees unveiled by the interior ministry. They affect several hundred applicants who applied for Germany citizenship but had been rejected because they were born to a…
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Culture Objections Grow As Germany Rebuilds Church With Historical Nazi Ties
Since 2017, the Garrison Church in Potsdam, Germany has been in the process of being rebuilt and restored to its pre-1945 appearance. The 18th century church was damaged during an allied bombing in April 1945, and was later demolished on the order of East German authorities in 1968. But before those events, the church was…
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Fast Forward German Concentration Camps Should Offer Tours In Arabic, Jewish Leader Says
BERLIN (JTA) — Concentration camp memorials in Germany should offer tours in Arabic, Germany’s main Jewish leader urged. Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the Welt am Sonntag weekly newspaper that the former concentration camp in Flossenbürg is already considering adding tours in Arabic. “This should be expanded to…
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Fast Forward German Amusement Park To Redesign Ride That Looks Like Spinning Swastikas
BERLIN (JTA) — An amusement park in southwest Germany’s Black Forest is redesigning a thrill ride after an online video showed that it resembled spinning swastikas. The park, Tatzmania, opened a few weeks ago in Löffingen. The ride in question, the “Adlerflug,” or “Eagle Flyer,” features four crooked arms with gondolas. A park spokesperson told the…
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Fast Forward Rabbi And Sons Attacked, Spit On In Munich
(JTA) — A rabbi and his two sons said they were spit on and verbally attacked as they left a synagogue in Munich, Germany. A man approached the rabbi, 53, and his sons, both 19, and yelled anti-Semitic slurs as they left a central synagogue on Saturday, The Associated Press reported. A woman in a…
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Culture Did Der Spiegel Run An Anti-Semitic Magazine Cover?
Critics ranging from the U.S. ambassador to Germany to the Central Council of Jews in Germany have accused the German news magazine Der Spiegel of printing an anti-Semitic cover for an issue about the country’s Jewish community. The cover for the August historical issue, titled “Jewish Life in Germany: The unknown World next door,” shows…
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