Berlin
German leaders voice outrage and thousands rally in Berlin in reaction to rising antisemitism
By Associated Press — October 23, 2023
BERLIN (AP) — The protest comes as antisemitic incidents have been rising in Germany following the violent escalation of the war in Gaza.
Makkabi Berlin, founded by Holocaust survivors, to be 1st Jewish team in German Cup
By CiarÁn Fahey — August 11, 2023
BERLIN (AP) — When the annual competition was started under the Nazis in 1935, Jews weren’t allowed to take part.
16 objects from Germany tell story of Holocaust in new ways
By Kirsten Grieshaber — January 24, 2023
BERLIN (AP) — The exhibition Sixteen Objects marks the 70th anniversary of the Yad Vashem memorial, bringing back to Germany an array of items Jews took with them when they fled the Nazis.
Bullet holes found at building next to old German synagogue
By Associated Press — November 18, 2022
BERLIN (AP) — Four bullet holes were found in the door of a former rabbi's residence that adjoins an old synagogue in the German city of Essen.
Ukrainian diaspora helps civilians back home escape the war
By Kirsten Grieshaber — March 4, 2022
BERLIN (AP) — 'A major part of the 50,000 Jews living in Berlin are from Ukraine,' says Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal from the Chabad community.
Dream of 3 faiths worshipping in one building meets reality in Berlin
By Ken Chitwood — February 15, 2021
(RNS) — Its designers and leaders hope it will be used by Jewish, Christian and Muslim members as a place to pray, worship, gather and, perhaps above all, host a dialogue among their respective religions and with society at large.
Berlin’s debate over Pius XII has hit the streets
By Tom Heneghan — February 10, 2021
(RNS) — German historians have asked Berlin authorities to rename a street honoring Pius because he allegedly failed to denounce the Holocaust.
Yes, confederate names matter
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 16, 2020
Get rid of those names. Remove the statues. Remember that protests can actually work.
Germans don skullcaps to protest anti-Semitism
By Kirsten Grieshaber — April 25, 2018
BERLIN (AP) — Germans of various faiths donned Jewish skullcaps and took to the streets Wednesday in several cities to protest an anti-Semitic attack in Berlin and express fears about growing hatred of Jews in the country.
Berlin exhibit highlights how the Nazis exploited Martin Luther’s legacy
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 19, 2017
BERLIN (RNS) — Most visitors to events in Germany marking this year’s 500th anniversary of the Reformation probably didn’t expect to find an exhibition setting out just how extensively the Nazis used Luther to justify their anti-Semitism and nationalism.
Haunted by its history, Berlin debates whether to restore the kaiser’s gilded cross
By Tom Heneghan — June 7, 2017
(RNS) The reconstruction of the City Palace (Stadtschloss), the central Berlin winter residence of kings and kaisers, is raising all kinds of questions about Berlin's relationship to its past.
Suspect in Christmas market massacre was meant to be deported
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 21, 2016
BERLIN (USA Today) — A massive manhunt is underway Wednesday for the driver of a truck that was intentionally crashed into a Berlin Christmas market, leaving 12 people dead and 48 injured.
Berlin attack piles pressure on Germany’s Merkel over refugees
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 20, 2016
BERLIN (USA Today) Merkel has faced sharp criticism over her decision to allow nearly 1 million asylum seekers to enter Germany from conflict zones in the Middle East and North Africa.
Truck slams into Christmas market in Berlin, killing at least 12
By RNS staff — December 19, 2016
BERLIN (USA Today) — A large black truck slammed into a Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday night, killing at least nine people and injuring about 50 others in what police said was a deliberate attack.
The greatest clergy woman you never knew existed
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 20, 2015
The first woman rabbi died in Auschwitz. It is way past time that we remember her.
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