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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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Fast Forward First New Hebrew-German Prayer Book In 100 Years Published On Yom HaShoah
The first new Hebrew-German Jewish prayer book in over a century was unveiled in Berlin on Monday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. The prayer book, called Tehillat Hashem, contains over 1,400 pages and took four years to write, according to Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal, the book’s publisher and the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to the German capital. In…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Threatens To Skip German Talks If FM Meets ‘Breaking The Silence’
(REUTERS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Monday to cancel a meeting with Germany’s foreign minister if he sits down with a left-wing rights group. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel was due to meet with “civil society” groups in Israel on Tuesday, a Berlin spokeswoman said. Israeli media said Gabriel would meet with…
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Fast Forward German Newspaper Dubs Ivanka Trump ‘First Whisperer’
Ivanka Trump has earned a new moniker from a German newspaper: the first whisperer. The epithet from the Berliner Zeitung reflects anxieties about whether Ivanks Trump and husband Jared Kushner will have a role in pushing the Trump White House to the center. “Is she going to bring her father on a moderate course, as…
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Fast Forward Trumpeting ‘Unbreakable’ Ties, Germany Still Presses Israel On Palestinian Statehood
Deep and “unbreakable” ties between Germany and Israel are part of Germany’s national identity and pillars of its foreign policy, but Berlin will continue to press for a two-state solution, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday. “With respect to the Middle East conflict, our solidarity with Israel also means working to ensure that Israel…
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Fast Forward Ivanka To Visit Holocaust Memorial On Trip to Germany
Ivanka Trump will visit the Holocaust Memorial during a visit to Berlin on Tuesday in commemoration of Yom Hashoah, Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day, which begins Sunday night. The First Daughter will be in Berlin for the W20 Summit, a meeting of female leaders in government, NGOS, and business, where she will be speaking on a…
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