Kristallnacht

85 years since Kristallnacht, Holocaust survivors say they once again feel unsafe as Jews

Holocaust survivor Manya Wallenfels said, “I think twice before I wear my Star of David. I am afraid to go to the synagogue."

Remembering Kristallnacht and the Kindertransport - opinion

This year more than ever, our actions both in the Diaspora and in Israel have transgressed against God’s will by our being so deeply divided and disunited.

85 years after Kristallnacht, Germany to begin rebuilding grand synagogue in Hamburg

The Bornplatz Synagogue, a neo-Romanesque, 1,200-seat sanctuary that was once the largest synagogue in northern Germany, was burned down on Kristallnacht in 1938.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
29/09/2023

Definitively measuring antisemitism - opinion

If you advocate against IHRA, you are normalizing the disgusting actions of figures like Roger Waters, who is undoubtedly an antisemite.

Revisiting family roots in Germany

It has long been my husband’s contention that antisemitism in Germany’s rural areas was less onerous initially than it was in the cities. Details that emerged during our visit tended to dispute that.

By SURA JESELSOHN
15/01/2023
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