https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The German government on Wednesday agreed a draft law to naturalise some descendants of Nazi victims who had previously been denied citizenship. https://www.thelocal.de/20210324/germany-to-ease-citizenship-requirements-for-nazi-victims-kin Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:05:43 +0100 germany-to-ease-citizenship-requirements-for-nazi-victims-kin No city north of the Alps has been home to Jews for as long as the Roman settlement of Cologne. A recently discovered Jewish quarter is now being brought back to life. https://www.thelocal.de/20210221/ancient-jewish-settlement-to-be-brought-back-to-life-in-cologne Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:00:30 +0100 ancient-jewish-settlement-to-be-brought-back-to-life-in-cologne Graffiti tributes to mark one year since a deadly anti-Semitic attack in the German city of Halle have been sprayed over with swastikas, police said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20201009/german-anti-semitic-attack-tributes-defaced-with-swastikas Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:14:09 +0200 german-anti-semitic-attack-tributes-defaced-with-swastikas Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday spoke of her "shame" over rising anti-Semitism in Germany as the Jewish community warned the coronavirus was acting as a "catalyst" stirring up anti-Jewish hatred. https://www.thelocal.de/20200915/central-council-of-jews-anniversary Tue, 15 Sep 2020 18:08:01 +0200 central-council-of-jews-anniversary Deborah Feldman was 23 when she fled her ultra-Orthodox home in New York with her son, sparking outrage in the closed Jewish community, her dramatic story inspiring the Netflix hit "Unorthodox". https://www.thelocal.de/20200717/writing-secured-my-survival-berlin-based-author-of-unorthodox-says Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:39:20 +0200 writing-secured-my-survival-berlin-based-author-of-unorthodox-says To celebrate Hanukkah, The Local into a few things you perhaps didn't know about Hanukkah in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20151208/five-surprising-facts-about-hanukkah-in-germany Tue, 08 Dec 2015 16:20:56 +0100 five-surprising-facts-about-hanukkah-in-germany Yorai Feinberg was taking a break outside his Berlin restaurant when a man screamed at him: "Go back to your gas chambers!". https://www.thelocal.de/20190304/for-this-berlin-restaurateur-anti-semitic-attacks-are-routine Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:37:02 +0100 for-this-berlin-restaurateur-anti-semitic-attacks-are-routine Anti-Semitic offences rose almost 10 percent in Germany last year, and violent attacks were up more than 60 percent, crime statistics showed Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190213/anti-semitic-offences Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:44:57 +0100 anti-semitic-offences The head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany argued in an interview that much more educational work needs to be done in schools to combat anti-Semitism. https://www.thelocal.de/20180125/verbal-attacks-have-become-part-of-everyday-jewish-life-in-germany Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:03:29 +0100 verbal-attacks-have-become-part-of-everyday-jewish-life-in-germany Even before the Nazis' rise to power, Jews were banned from taking part in Cologne Karneval. This year a Jewish organization wants to overcome the past by building a float for the Düsseldorf procession. https://www.thelocal.de/20180118/jews-seek-to-heal-wounds-of-past-with-first-ever-karneval-float Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:56:37 +0100 jews-seek-to-heal-wounds-of-past-with-first-ever-karneval-float Unknown criminals have destroyed two sculptures of once successful Jewish athletes at an open air exhibition in Frankfurt. https://www.thelocal.de/20170619/two-sculptures-of-jewish-sporting-heroes-destroyed-in-frankfurt Mon, 19 Jun 2017 19:17:02 +0200 two-sculptures-of-jewish-sporting-heroes-destroyed-in-frankfurt Jews in Germany say they feel a "growing threat" of anti-Semitism, especially from Muslims but also from xenophobic far-right groups, a parliamentary report said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170424/german-jews-fear-growing-muslim-anti-semitism-report Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:18:28 +0200 german-jews-fear-growing-muslim-anti-semitism-report The head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany called on Sunday for anti-Semitism to become a central theme of integration courses for refugees. https://www.thelocal.de/20170424/head-of-jewish-council-calls-for-refugees-to-visit-concentration-camps Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:39:46 +0200 head-of-jewish-council-calls-for-refugees-to-visit-concentration-camps The leader of the far-right AfD has defended her party after several anti-Semitic scandals among its members, saying that in fact they are one of the few forces that will guarantee Jewish life in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170406/far-right-party-claims-to-be-one-of-few-guarantors-of-jewish-life Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:51:40 +0200 far-right-party-claims-to-be-one-of-few-guarantors-of-jewish-life French filmaker Claude Lanzmann has claimed that a luxury hotel in Berlin deliberately leaves the Israeli dialling code out of its directory for the sake of its Arab clients. https://www.thelocal.de/20160811/lanzmann-kempinski-berlin-israel Thu, 11 Aug 2016 20:02:56 +0200 lanzmann-kempinski-berlin-israel Jewish groups pushed back against government insistence that anti-Semitism is not growing in Germany at a gathering on Tuesday, saying that newly-arrived Muslim migrants and the traditional far-right both posed a threat to their safety. https://www.thelocal.de/20160120/german-jewish-groups-fear-rising-anti-semitism Wed, 20 Jan 2016 09:38:36 +0100 german-jewish-groups-fear-rising-anti-semitism A bitter fight has broken out in Munich’s Jewish community over how to remember the victims of the Holocaust, with one group now taking the city to court. https://www.thelocal.de/20151126/munich-jews-feud-over-how-to-remember-holocaust Thu, 26 Nov 2015 16:43:37 +0100 munich-jews-feud-over-how-to-remember-holocaust A Jewish pediatrician has finally passed the exams to receive her doctorate at the age of 102, 77 years after the Nazis blocked her graduation. https://www.thelocal.de/20150605/102-year-old-finally-gets-doctorate Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:20:28 +0200 102-year-old-finally-gets-doctorate While the world watched with shock as a Jewish man encountered abuse on the streets of Paris for wearing a kippah, The Local talks to a Munich man who has been doing the same for two years - with surprising results. https://www.thelocal.de/20150218/fearlessly-jewish-on-the-streets-of-munich Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:33:33 +0100 fearlessly-jewish-on-the-streets-of-munich Berlin writer Donna Swarthout has been left frustrated by the lack of openness of Jewish groups in Berlin. September's landmark anti-Semitism rally in Berlin should have focused more on the positives of Jewish life in Germany, she argues. https://www.thelocal.de/20141010/i-rallied-against-anti-semitism-now-what Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:21:00 +0200 i-rallied-against-anti-semitism-now-what