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Fast Forward French-German TV Channel Under Fire For Canceling Anti-Semitism Documentary
(JTA) — The French-German channel Arte is facing criticism for deciding not to broadcast a documentary called “Chosen and Excluded — Jew Hatred in Europe.” Arte’s head of programming, Alain le Diberder, wrote a letter to the Central Council of Jews in Germany on Thursday defending the network’s decision, according to Deutsche Welle. Diberder’s said that the…
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Fast Forward Fugitive Holocaust Denier Ordered Extradited Back To Germany
(JTA)– A Hungarian court has ordered the extradition of German right-wing extremist Horst Mahler who fled Germany to avoid serving out the rest of a sentence for Holocaust denial and incitement to anti-Semitism. Mahler, 81, was arrested on May 15 in the Hungarian city of Sopron while trying to cross into Austria. The Budapest city court on…
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Opinion Dear Europe: 3 Things You Should Know About Jared, Trump — And Us
Dear Europe: I fear that you, our European allies, are getting the wrong impression of the United States, or at least of Americans. We are not all like our current president, who seems more at home with autocratic, gilded Middle East royalty than with duly elected leaders of friendly democracies. Donald Trump himself tweeted that…
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Fast Forward Amos Oz Honored By German Reform Rabbinical School
BERLIN (JTA) — Israeli novelist Amos Oz was honored by Germany’s Reform rabbinical school with its annual Abraham Geiger Award. The 78-year-old writer, described as an “eloquent spokesperson of the Zionist left,” was honored Thursday as “a firm believer in human beings and their ability to change the world for the better,” Rabbi Walter Homolka, rector of the…
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Fast Forward 6 Charged With Spewing Anti-Semitic Abuse On Munich Bus
BERLIN (JTA) — Six people have been charged with incitement to hate after spewing anti-Semitic abuse on passengers in a Munich city bus. Only two passengers – a couple from Munich – attempted to intervene in the weekend incident. According to news reports, the alleged perpetrators, all from Munich and Ebersberg and ranging in age from 18 to…
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Fast Forward German Army Searches Barracks After Nazi Propaganda Found
The head of Germany’s armed forces has called for an inspection of all army barracks after investigators discovered Nazi-era military memorabilia in a garrison, broadening a scandal about right-wing extremism among soldiers. The discovery at a barracks in Donaueschingen, in southwest Germany, was made in an investigation that began after similar Nazi-era items were found…
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Fast Forward In New England, Number Of Jews Applying For German Citizenship Quadruples
The number of Jewish descendants of Holocaust survivors who have applied for German citizenship has nearly quadrupled this year in the part of the United States served by Germany’s Boston consulate, radio station WBUR reported Thursday. Consul general Ralf Horlemann told the station that 49 people had received dual citizenship in the first quarter of…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Snubs German Diplomat Over Talks With NGO’s
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled talks on Tuesday with Germany’s visiting foreign minister after he rejected the Israeli leader’s demand not to meet left-wing groups critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians under occupation. The dispute threatened to widen a rift between Israel and Germany over the Palestinian issue. Berlin has been increasingly critical of the…
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