Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, Germans are presented with the Obermayer Award for projects like restoring landmarks and coming up with creative Holocaust youth education
A new book tells how over 150 years the Morgenthaus, a German-Jewish immigrant family, publicized the Armenian genocide, ran the US Treasury and prosecuted mobsters and terrorists
Walter Homolka suddenly sells stake in two institutions housed in the University of Potsdam after sexual harassment investigation against his husband reveals a wider abuse of power
Investigators commissioned by main Jewish group find that possibly criminal abuse of power and sexual harassment occurred at liberal rabbinical seminary under Rabbi Walter Homolka
Berlin approves program designed to fight Jew-hatred at social, political level and make local Jewish life 'visible'; EU antisemitism chief hails 'milestone' for country
Scientists find that some 700 years ago, the Jews of Erfurt, Germany, formed 2 groups; rabbinic consultants stipulated that they study only loose teeth from pre-excavated skeletons
Many German speakers are rejecting the euphemism for the events of Nov. 8-9, 1938, which translates to 'night of shattered glass,' saying it omits that more than glass was broken
A new book sheds light on the little-known story of thousands of German Jewish refugees held in internment camps in the UK during World War II - including several of my ancestors
Rabbi Walter Homolka investigated by University of Potsdam over allegations of sexual misconduct, abuse of power; report recommends major administrative restructure
After a Berlin cantor opens up a Pandora's box in a public forum, she is fired from her post. But as Jewish community response rolls in, it's clear she's hardly alone in her musing
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