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Toby Axelrod

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Experts debate whether AI-generated Holocaust content aids memory or distorts it

A World Jewish Congress clip of Anne Frank highlights potential and peril of new tools as firsthand testimony dies out — and opportunists capitalize...

12.05.2026 70

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Romanian secret police trailed a Jewish photographer in the ’80s. Those files are now a film

Edward Serotta only recently discovered he’d been surveilled while traveling the communist country. Acclaimed director Radu Jude has turned the...

11.04.2026 70

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Frankfurt cinema declines to participate in Jewish film festival, drawing backlash

Jewish community in German city calls the decision a ‘devastating societal signal’; Astor Film Lounge claims move was financial, but Jewish NGO...

07.04.2026 80

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Berlin rabbi makes history as first European to head Conservative rabbis’ association

In a ‘major step forward’ in relations between US and German Jews of the major denomination, Rabbi Gesa Shira Ederberg is also likely the first...

20.03.2026 100

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German antisemitism commissioner quits far‑left party over anti-Israel resolution

After 11 years in Die Linke, Andreas Büttner submits resignation after condemnation of ‘existing political manifestations of Zionism’; party...

17.03.2026 80

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At Berlinale, former hostages view film about their captivity rewritten after release

Tom Shoval’s ‘Letter to David’ first aired at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival but was given a new ending and a second premier after...

23.02.2026 100

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Berlin rabbi convicted of ‘sexual assault and coercion’ of woman he offered to counsel

Conviction comes over two years after Jewish community fired Reuven Yaacobov following allegations of abuse going back nearly 2 decades

23.01.2026 150

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Sharaa says Syria, Israel negotiating deal that would see pullback of Israeli forces

Syrian leader tells state television that agreement calls for Israel to remove troops from areas it occupied after Assad’s ouster

13.09.2025 100

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Cosmetics firm Weleda to examine Nazi ties amid revelation of role in Dachau experiments

In book published this week, historian reveals that 300 prisoners were submerged in ice water for hours to verify claims company’s skin cream...

13.09.2025 100

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Looted painting vanishes after being seen in Nazi’s daughter’s real estate ad

Friedrich Kadgien’s daughter evades questions from journalist who spotted artwork, immediately removes ad and changes name on Instagram

27.08.2025 80

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Rabbi evicted from Krakow home once owned by Jews murdered in Holocaust

Tanya Segal, Poland’s first female rabbi, loses her apartment in building featured in ‘Schindler’s List’ thanks to Poland’s lack of...

23.08.2025 100

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Leading German antisemite who moved from left-wing terrorism to neo-Nazism dies at 89

Horst Mahler was once legal counsel for Nazi hunter Beate Klarsfeld before cofounding the anti-Israel Red Army Faction; he later turned to far-right...

29.07.2025 100

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Frankfurt Jewish community launches its own sexual abuse hotline amid crises and pressure

The unprecedented third-party hotline will protect 400 employees of local institutions after advocating by activist group Or Tamid – and another...

29.03.2025 100

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