The Halle synagogue attack was a 'nightmare' for her, Susanne Wasum-Rainer recalls, acknowledging that Germany's liberal democracy is challenged by populist, right-wing movements

US secretary of state and Jewish Agency head Isaac Herzog visit Jewish community in city of Halle, speak against rising anti-Semitism in Europe

Hardliner Bjoern Hoecke running neck and neck with CDU candidate in Thuringia vote, seen as key test of mood in east German heartland following Yom Kippur assault

US tech companies decline to release data on online spread of footage, which would show impact of new measures they vowed to take to prevent amplification of violent content

Regional politicians say suspect in killing of 2 and assault on Jewish place of worship was arrested by officers in a small town and not by specialized SWAT teams hunting for him

Irmela Mensah-Schramm, who has spent 30 years removing racist slurs, to appeal $330 fine handed down on same day as Halle synagogue attack: 'I did not do anything wrong'

Thousands more rally elsewhere in Germany four days after neo-Nazi attempted to massacre Jews in Halle on Yom Kippur, failed to enter synagogue, killed 2 bystanders

Thousands show support for small community after Yom Kippur terrorist attack, but synagogue's warden warns Jews are caught 'between two flames': neo-fascists and hostile immigrants

Community members, locals hold vigils for two victims of Neo-Nazi suspect's shooting assault on Yom Kippur

US Rabbi Rebecca Blady and husband Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz arrived in Berlin in May to do Jewish outreach. After surviving a near-massacre on Yom Kippur, their resolve isn't weakened