GermanyGerman court rules that Israel-Nazi comparisons are protected speechThe court also ruled that the Instagram posts did not violate the country’s strict laws against Holocaust trivialisationBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Bob VylanBob Vylan frontman was deported from Germany over ‘death to IDF’ chant and ‘Hamas propaganda’The punk-rap singer described the decision as ‘frankly absurd’By Rob Hyde1 min read
GermanyGerman postal service allows Star of David stamp after U-turnDeutsche Post originally said the design ‘didn’t meet the guidelines’ as it was too politicalBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
IsraelNew German ambassador to Israel starts term with Yad Vashem visitAlexander Lambsdorff said the two nations share a ‘wonderful and incredible relationship,’ but recognised it was ‘built on a very painful history’1 min read
BerlinGermany 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 populationBy Leon Craig6 min read
Holocaust‘Antisemitic’ pro-Gaza walk past Holocaust memorial stones in Berlin is scrappedEvent ditched after Jewish group branded it a ‘calculated transgression of boundaries’By Rob Hyde2 min read
NazisPrison guard at Nazi PoW camp under investigation for ‘murder’Thousands died of starvation, neglect and disease at Stalag Senne in GermanyBy Rob Hyde2 min read
Man on trial accused of tracking Jewish figures as targets for Iran-backed attacksThe suspect, a Danish national of Afghan origin, is accused of helping the overseas arm of the IRGC prepare prospective murders and arson attacksBy Rob Hyde1 min read||June 19, 2026 12:40
Wagner festival accused of silencing debate on composer’s antisemitism after cancelling talk by Jewish authorThe festival’s organisers have since apologised and the talk will go ahead as plannedBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||June 19, 2026 12:37
Antisemitism becoming the “new normal” in Germany, warns Jewish leaderSerious 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 JewBy Rob Hyde1 min read||June 18, 2026 14:47
Germany foiled Hamas October 7 anniversary plotThe federal attorney general said the alleged operatives had already recorded a video claiming responsibility for the attack when authorities intervenedBy JC Reporter1 min read||June 18, 2026 11:17
Teenage 'Isis fanatic' accused of ‘hunting’ Jews on trial in GermanyProsecutors say Erjon S was radicalised by extremist material online and sought to join ‘jihad against perceived infidels’By Rob Hyde2 min read||June 16, 2026 09:43
Celebrated Berlin bakery closes saying staff suffered ‘constant abuse’ since October 7The owners of Babka & Krantz shut both their branches in the German capitalBy Mark Wood2 min read||June 9, 2026 15:38
Bneimitzvah service breathes Jewish life back into German shul not used since KristallnachtSibings Ida and Jack Levy are members of The Ark Synagogue in NorthwoodBy Alma Green2 min read||June 5, 2026 15:52
‘No Jews allowed’: German hotel removed from booking site over message to Israeli guests‘Are we back in the 1930s?’ asked Israel’s consul general in Germany following the incidentBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||June 3, 2026 16:19
Polish tax protestor faces up to five years in prison over Auschwitz gate replicaThe man, known as Marius P, erected the structure as part of a demonstration outside a tax office in GermanyBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||May 28, 2026 13:46
