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April 19, 2021 A Jewish cemetery is vandalized with Nazi swastikas in Germany. Such anti-Semitic attacks were up sharply across Europe in 2020. (Photo courtesy of ADL) Anti-Jewish hate and violence—long a scourge of Europe—is once again on the increase, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a bruising toll on economies from Belgium to Bulgaria. Yet in the wake of neo-Nazi conspiracy theories and online Holocaust denial, Germany has a special responsibility to stem this rising tide of hatred, argues Emily Haber, the country’s ambassador to the United States. Haber, who assumed he...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, "Work sets you free," reads this sign at the entrance to Germany's Dachau concentration camp, where an estimated 41,500 Jews and others were killed between 1933 and 1945. (Larry Luxner) Anti-Jewish hate and violence—long a scourge of Europe—is once again on the increase, as the coronavirus...

Raider III Mission saved by local family National Technical Honor Society Sponsor February 5, 2021 Launch team members included Josie, Michael, Charles and David Brenner. The Brenner family performed a High Altitude Balloon launch on Jan. 10 atop the hills of Winnweiler, Germany. Despite freezing temperatures, limited on-site support, and one very complicated configuration, this local family of four successfully launched three pods into near space. While COVID-19 social distancing rules threatened the launch date, Kaiserslautern High School’s National Technical Honor Society determi...

St. Louis Public Radio Gio Hoffmann is a youth trainer for the Network for Democracy and Courage in Germany. “I’ve learned pretty quickly that it’s pretty much impossible to convince someone who doesn’t want to be convinced,” Hoffmann said of the work. This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center ERFURT, GERMANY — Jule Grahmann had heard enough from her classmates. Fellow students at her high school in a small east German city would say mean things about Syrian refugees who’ve resettled in the country over the past five years. And there were the comments in hist...

Looking for some last minute Christmas stocking stuffers? Check out these books Books make great last-minute stocking-stuffers. Here are a few suggestions for every type of reader, young, old and everything in between. Hint: You can also use this column for some ideas on how to spend those book store gift certificates that you find in your own stocking this year. Written By: Terri Schlichenmeyer / The Bookworm Sez | 12:00 pm, Dec. 20, 2020 × unique. Some family members won't be there. Others are coming, regardless of whatever's going on in the country. Still others are...