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Fast Forward German Far-Right Leader Skeptical Of ‘Special Relationship’ With Israel
After the far-right German “Alternative fur Deutschland” party ran up an impressive score in the country’s federal elections, a party leader is questioning the alliance between Germany and Israel – arguing that Israel’s existence should not be understood as a “national interest.” “If Israel’s existence is part of the German national interest,” said Alexander Gauland…
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Fast Forward Far-Right German Party Leader: Jews Have Nothing To Fear
(JTA) — Jews should not fear the strong election showing by the right-wing Alternative for Germany, a party leader said. “There is nothing in our party, in our program, that could disturb the Jewish people who live here in Germany,” co-party head Alexander Gauland told reporters Monday, a day after the party garnered more than…
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Fast Forward European Jews Worried By Far-Right Victories In German Election
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Jewish Congress on Sunday expressed alarm at the far-right Alternative for Germany’s success in Germany’s parliamentary election and urged other parties not to form an alliance with the AfD. Early projections gave the AfD 13.5 percent of the vote, allow it to enter the Bundestag for the first time, as…
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Fast Forward Merkel Hangs On In German Election But Far-Right Surges
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in office on Sunday but will have to build an uneasy coalition to form a German government after her conservatives hemorrhaged support in the face of a surge by the far-right. The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) stunned the establishment by winning 13.1 percent of…
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Fast Forward German Cabinet Officially Declares Anti-Zionism Is Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Germany has formally accepted an international definition of anti-Semitism in a move designed to provide clarity for the prosecution of related crimes. The German Cabinet announced Wednesday that it unanimously adopted the working definition promoted by the International Alliance for Holocaust Remembrance, a body with 31 member states. In addition to classic forms…
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Fast Forward German Right-Wing Party Leader: We Should Stop Feeling Guilty About Nazi Past
(JTA) — The head of Germany’s right-populist Alternative for Germany party has said it is high time Germany stopped feeling guilty about its Nazi past. Alexander Gauland, speaking earlier this month with members of the party’s national-conservative branch in the former east German state of Thuringia, said Germans “don’t have to be held accountable any more…
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Fast Forward Police: Attacks On German Synagogue ‘May Have Been Anti-Semitic’
(JTA) — Weeks after two attacks on a synagogue in Germany, police in the city of Ulm say the motive may have been anti-Semitic. State security officials are investigating incidents on Aug. 26 and Sept. 2 in which one or more perpetrators kicked at the facade of the New Synagogue and later rammed it with…
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Sponsored Seven Outrageously Fun German Festivals
Millions of people come to Oktoberfest every year, and with good reason: it’s unbelievably fun. But it’s not like Germany is boring the rest of the year. Germans love a good party, and there are so many more festivals where visitors can have a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Many are also a good excuse for some Teutonic…
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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