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Fast Forward Don’t Wear Kippahs In Public Warns German Jewish Leader
(JTA) — The head of the main Jewish umbrella in Germany has recommended that Jews not wear kippahs in public in its major cities. “I would actually have to advise individuals not to openly wear a kippah in the metropolitan setting of Germany,” Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said in…
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Culture Swastika Gets You In Free To This German Theater For Hitler Play. Really?
Here’s a tip: If anyone currently in hot water with a minority group tells you the last thing they want to do is offend that group, they probably have not devoted much thought to what sorts of things that group might find offensive. In 2018 alone, a California Polytechnic State University fraternity released a statement,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Man Wearing Kippah Attacked By ‘Yehudi’ Screaming Assailant On Berlin Street
BERLIN (JTA) – A young Jewish man wearing a kippah was physically attacked on a Berlin street by an Arabic-speaking man in an apparent anti-Semitic attack. Police are investigating the Tuesday evening incident, which the victim, 21, filmed on his cell phone. During the attack, the assailant lashed the kippah-clad Jewish man with his belt…
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Culture Famous Jewish Dachshund Owners To Feature at “Sausage Dog” Museum in Germany
The American Kennel Club recently named dachshunds the country’s 9th most popular breed. But Americans’ love of the “sausage dog” doesn’t come close to how revered they are in their native Bavaria. Now, two German former florists have opened a museum in Passau, Germany to honor the creature according to the BBC. The museum will…
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Fast Forward Germany’s Far Right Decries Holocaust Memorials For ‘Dictating’ Who Should Be Remembered
Amid rising anti-Semitism across Europe, Germany’s far-right party is lashing out at the famous “stumbling stones” Holocaust memorials, CNN reported. The Stolperstein — small cobble stones with a brass plaque commemorating a victim of the Holocaust — can be found in cities across Europe. Their creator, the sculptor Gunter Demnig, dubbed them stumbling stones because…
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Community Germany Paid My Late Father Holocaust Reparations — And Now They Want 410 Euros Back
Dear Gertrud F: I received your official-looking letter just the other day. I could tell immediately its origin was from a foreign land: an evocative, welcome throwback to the tactile pre-Web era, when missives would arrive from beyond our shores bearing exotic-looking stamps, redolent of faraway places. All rendered basically obsolete, of course, by the…
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Fast Forward To Combat Anti-Semitism, Mandatory Concentration Camp Visits For German Students
In response to an uptick in anti-Semitic incidents in Germany, a German lawmaker has proposed making visits to concentration camps mandatory for all students, the New York Times proposed. The idea was proposed by Sawsan Chebli, a German state legislator who is descended from Palestinians. “This is about who we are as a country,” Chebli…
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Fast Forward Swedish ‘Laser Man’ Given Second Life Sentence Over Holocaust Survivor Murder
A Swedish man who has already served two decades of a life sentence in Sweden for racially motivated killings was sentenced to life imprisonment in Germany for murdering a Holocaust survivor, the Telegraph reported. John Ausonius, also known as “laser man” for the laser telescope he used in his sniper shootings, was sentenced to life…
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