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Israeli defence giant to produce Iron Dome parts at German Volkwagen plant

The firms intend to turn the site into a centre for security and defence technology

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Rafael will produce components for the Iron Dome missile defence system at the site (Photo: Getty)

(L-R) Alice Weidel, co-chairwoman of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Ulrich Siegmund, the party’s lead candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, and Tino Chrupalla, co-chairman of the AfD parliamentary group, celebrate the first exit poll in Magdeburg, Germany, on September 6 (Image: Getty Images)

By Josef Joffe

The AfD’s rise threatens not German democracy, but German reliability

5 min read

AfD co-chairs Alice Weidel (L) and Tino Chrupalla (R), with AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund (C), celebrate the results of the first exit poll projecting an AfD win in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections at the Messe Trade Fair Halls in Magdeburg, Germany, on September 6, 2026 (Getty Images)

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German Jewish Leader ‘personally horrified’ as far-right AfD scores historic election victory

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

The first volume of Da’at Hadorot will be in German classrooms during the coming the new school year. (Ernst Klett Verlag / Collage: Börsenblatt/Central Council of Jews)

Germany

German schools to get Jewish religious education books as part of curriculum for first time since Holocaust

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

The Munich fire brigade tries to extinguish the fire at No 27, Reichenbachstrasse, on 13 February 1970 (Image: City of Munich, KVR, Fire Department)

Germany

German investigators identify ‘Hitler-fixated’ suspect of deadly 1970 Jewish care home arson

By JC Reporter

1 min read

German flags on the Reichstag building on July 26, 2026 (Getty Images)

Germany

German court rules that Israel-Nazi comparisons are protected speech

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Bob Vylan

Bob Vylan frontman was deported from Germany over ‘death to IDF’ chant and ‘Hamas propaganda’

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

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German postal service allows Star of David stamp after U-turn

Deutsche Post originally said the design ‘didn’t meet the guidelines’ as it was too political

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

July 29, 2026 14:21

A Deutsche Post delivery rider (Getty Images)

New German ambassador to Israel starts term with Yad Vashem visit

Alexander Lambsdorff said the two nations share a ‘wonderful and incredible relationship,’ but recognised it was ‘built on a very painful history’

1 min read

July 28, 2026 11:45

Ambassador-designate of Germany to Israel Alexander Lambsdorff (L) shakes hands with Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan (R) during a visit to the Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem on July 27, 2026 (Germany Embassy in Tel Aviv)

Germany or the UK? Where is it better to be a gay Jew in 2026?

Ahead of Berlin Pride this weekend, Leon Craig explains why she moved to the German capital, one of the only European cities with a growing Jewish population

By Leon Craig

6 min read

July 24, 2026 12:58

Ich bin ein Berliner: Leon Craig in her adoptive city (Photo: Sasha Ongley)

‘Antisemitic’ pro-Gaza walk past Holocaust memorial stones in Berlin is scrapped

Event ditched after Jewish group branded it a ‘calculated transgression of boundaries’

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

July 6, 2026 12:54

Stolpersteine in Berlin commemorating the Jewish Cohn family, most of whom perished in the Holocaust. (Getty Images)

Prison guard at Nazi PoW camp under investigation for ‘murder’

Thousands died of starvation, neglect and disease at Stalag Senne in Germany

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

June 24, 2026 12:47

9th April 1945. The US 9th army liberating Stalag 326, another German PoW camp where Soviet troops were held. At this camp, 30,000 Soviet prisoners died during the war. (Getty Images)

Man on trial accused of tracking Jewish figures as targets for Iran-backed attacks

The suspect, a Danish national of Afghan origin, is accused of helping the overseas arm of the IRGC prepare prospective murders and arson attacks

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

June 19, 2026 12:40

View of the Hanseatic courthouse in Hamburg, Germany (Getty Images)

Wagner festival accused of silencing debate on composer’s antisemitism after cancelling talk by Jewish author

The festival’s organisers have since apologised and the talk will go ahead as planned

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

June 19, 2026 12:37

Figurine of German composer Richard Wagner in front of The Festival Theatre in Bayreuth, southern Germany, July 25, 2023 (Credit: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

Antisemitism becoming the “new normal” in Germany, warns Jewish leader

Serious incidents recorded included a woman who was choked and assaulted while cleaning a Holocaust memorial in Hamburg and a man in Coburg who was stabbed after being mistaken for a Jew

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

June 18, 2026 14:47

Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, attends a press conference to present a research report on antisemitism in Germany on September 30, 2025, in Berlin (Getty Images)

Germany foiled Hamas October 7 anniversary plot

The federal attorney general said the alleged operatives had already recorded a video claiming responsibility for the attack when authorities intervened

By JC Reporter

1 min read

June 18, 2026 11:17

Policemen stand guard outside the Weill-Synagogue in Dessau-Rosslau, eastern Germany, during its inauguration on October 22, 2023. There is no suggestion the synagogue was targeted by the suspected plot. (Getty Images)

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Germany

Israeli defence giant to produce Iron Dome parts at German Volkwagen plant

The AfD’s rise threatens not German democracy, but German reliability

German Jewish Leader ‘personally horrified’ as far-right AfD scores historic election victory

German schools to get Jewish religious education books as part of curriculum for first time since Holocaust

German investigators identify ‘Hitler-fixated’ suspect of deadly 1970 Jewish care home arson

German court rules that Israel-Nazi comparisons are protected speech

Bob Vylan frontman was deported from Germany over ‘death to IDF’ chant and ‘Hamas propaganda’

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