Toby Axelrod Archives - St. Louis Jewish Light

In Germany, Kristallnacht goes by a different name. Here’s why.

Published November 8, 2022

Are too many Germans converting to Judaism? The debate is roiling Germany’s Jewish community.

Published September 6, 2022

Best-selling annotated version of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ available online for free

Published July 29, 2022

101-year-old former Nazi death camp guard sentenced to 5 years in prison

Published June 28, 2022

Amid antisemitism concerns, 101 local Jewish federations to spend $54M on improving security

Published October 4, 2021

Is Alicia Silvestone Jewish?

Published October 3, 2021

The remarkable true story of the Great Knish War of 1916

Published October 3, 2021

As Merkel leaves power, here’s where Germany’s leading parties stand on Jewish issues

Published September 25, 2021

A German police officer allegedly sent fan mail to the gunman who attacked a synagogue on Yom Kippur

Published September 24, 2021

Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant, dies at 91

Published August 29, 2021

GOP congressman compares COVID measures to Holocaust, prompting an intern’s resignation

Published August 27, 2021

18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols

Published August 8, 2021

Hezbollah fires 19 rockets at Israel in worst fighting since 2006 war

Published August 6, 2021

Incendiary balloons from Gaza prompt new Israeli airstrikes

Published June 16, 2021

Israeli flags burned outside 2 German synagogues; Spanish synagogue vandalized

Published May 12, 2021

Germany’s anti-Semitism commissioner urges ban on wearing yellow star to protest lockdowns

Published May 10, 2021

A Jewish artist hid hundreds of her paintings in a house near Prague during the Holocaust. Now the works need a home.

Published October 6, 2020

Germany pledges extra $26 million for Jewish security

Published September 18, 2020

‘This will completely change Jewish life in Austria’: Thousands of Jews around the world expected to apply for Austrian citizenship through new amendment

Published September 1, 2020

Hundreds associated with anti-Semitic movement attempt to break into German parliament building

Published August 31, 2020

Berlin rally against coronavirus rules features neo-Nazi supporters, anti-Semitic displays

Published August 2, 2020

Holocaust survivors launch campaign to fight Holocaust denial on Facebook

Published July 29, 2020

Former concentration camp guard, 93, gets suspended sentence as accessory to murder of 5,230

Published July 23, 2020

William Wolff, rabbi who served Germany’s Jews after fall of the Berlin Wall, dies at 93

Published July 13, 2020

Pride rallies held across Israel in lieu of annual parades due to coronavirus

Published July 2, 2020

When this German city tore down a building, it revealed a 110-year-old mural for a Jewish business

Published June 29, 2020

In Germany, several churches have perverse anti-Semitic sculptures from the Middle Ages. Can one man get them taken down?

Published June 23, 2020

At a German train station, a unique memorial is dedicated to Jews deported to their death

Published June 18, 2020

Ohio’s Health Dept. director resigns after backlash over stay-at-home orders

Published June 18, 2020

Protesters shout ‘dirty Jews’ at Paris rally against police racism

Published June 18, 2020

German celebrity chef shares anti-Semitic social posts

Published June 18, 2020

Auschwitz museum issues plea for donations to make up for revenue lost during coronavirus crisis

Published June 3, 2020

Germany reports highest number of anti-Semitic crimes since 2001

Published May 28, 2020

In Germany, where coronavirus is at bay, synagogues prepare to reopen with precautions

Published April 26, 2020

German shooter who killed 10 said he wanted to exterminate people from Asia, Africa and Israel

Published February 20, 2020

1 in 5 Germans think the Holocaust gets too much attention, surveys find

Published January 26, 2020

Florida man who forgave Nazi camp guard may have invented his story of surviving the Holocaust

Published January 8, 2020

2 violent anti-Semitic assaults under investigation in Berlin

Published January 8, 2020

After death threat, pianist Igor Levit warns of rising hatred in Germany

Published January 2, 2020

Makers of Krispy Kreme giving tens of millions to Holocaust survivors and education

Published December 18, 2019

Angela Merkel announces $60m donation to Auschwitz museum

Published December 6, 2019

Child Holocaust survivor hugs 93-year-old Nazi guard during trial in Germany

Published November 19, 2019

Electoral gains by far-right Alternative for Germany party worry Jews and Muslims

Published October 28, 2019

Syrian citizen arrested in attack on German man wearing kippah

Published July 29, 2019

German Jews call Speigel article about pro-Israel lobby anti-Semitic

Published July 18, 2019

Artur Brauner, German-Jewish producer of ‘Europa Europa’ and other major films, dies at 100

Published July 9, 2019

Jewish-Muslim dialogue group launched in Berlin

Published July 3, 2019

300 Jewish studies scholars sign letter supporting embattled former Berlin Jewish Museum director

Published June 20, 2019

How the Berlin Jewish Museum became a political lightning rod

Published June 19, 2019

American tourist attacked in Berlin after saying he was Jewish

Published June 19, 2019

British-based online store offering products with ‘Zyklon B’ logo

Published June 11, 2019

German tabloid publishes cut-out kippah to wear in solidarity with country’s Jews

Published May 27, 2019

Dangerous to wear a kippah in public, Germany’s anti-Semitism czar says

Published May 26, 2019

Germany’s parliament declares BDS movement anti-Semitic

Published May 17, 2019

Berlin blocks appearance by convicted Palestinian terrorist

Published March 15, 2019

Daughter of high-ranking Nazi honored with Obermayer German Jewish History Award

Published January 24, 2019

Steven Spielberg warns: Genocide as possible today as it was during Holocaust

Published December 6, 2018

Israeli special ops force was in Gaza for two months before its firefight with Hamas, report says

Published December 6, 2018

Brazil arrests Israeli head of international drug smuggling network

Published December 6, 2018

EU Council approves declaration on fight against anti-Semitism

Published December 6, 2018

OSU student government votes down Israel boycott and divestment resolution

Published December 6, 2018

Arrest made in attack on Hasidic man in Brooklyn

Published December 6, 2018

Super soccer star Messi joins Beitar Jerusalem team fans club

Published December 6, 2018

Israel’s chief rabbi lights Hanukkah candles in Polish parliament

Published December 6, 2018

Princeton is naming a residential college after Ronald and Debra Perelman

Published December 5, 2018

‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ season 2 debuts on Amazon to glowing reviews

Published December 5, 2018

Saudi dissident sues Israeli cyber tech company in death of Jamal Khashoggi

Published December 5, 2018

Einstein’s ‘God Letter’ sells at auction for nearly $3 million

Published December 5, 2018

New Hampshire town rejects menorah display. Christmas tree could be next.

Published December 5, 2018

Portugal sets aside a day to remember Inquisition victims

Published December 5, 2018

Netanyahu rejected in bid to have donors pay his legal fees

Published December 5, 2018

Netanyahu calls violence against women ‘terrorism’ following a rally by 30,000 in Tel Aviv

Published December 5, 2018

OU’s exec named to NY State Attorney General-elect’s transition team

Published December 5, 2018

Portugal government committee approves Memorial Day for the Victims of the Inquisition

Published December 5, 2018

Holocaust survivors mark Hanukkah at events around the world

Published December 5, 2018

Israeli technology effectively prevents attacks during G20

Published December 5, 2018

Hanukkah menorah is toppled near Harvard campus

Published December 4, 2018

Hezbollah tunnels are ‘concrete threat’ to Israel’s Galilee region, Netanyahu says

Published December 4, 2018

Evidence of Rohingya genocide is ‘compelling,’ US Holocaust Museum says

Published December 4, 2018

Kosher ban is okay with Jewish supporters of Germany’s far right party

Published December 4, 2018

3 large swastikas spray-painted in Brooklyn neighborhood

Published December 4, 2018

101 Jewish and pro-Israel groups ask universities to oppose Israel boycotts

Published December 4, 2018

Rashida Tlaib, newly elected Congresswoman, says she will lead a lawmakers’ trip to West Bank

Published December 4, 2018

Hezbollah and Iran discussed at meeting between Netanyahu and Pompeo

Published December 4, 2018

Israel launches operation to destroy Hezbollah tunnels on northern border

Published December 4, 2018

Saudi Arabia loses world chess tournament for refusing visas to Israeli players

Published December 3, 2018

Thousands of Israeli women to strike in protest of violence against women

Published December 3, 2018

ID system for asylum seekers in Mexico recalls Holocaust tattoos

Published December 3, 2018

Condemn anti-Semitic image on pro-government magazine cover, Lauder tells Orban

Published December 3, 2018

Mental status of driver who tried to run down 2 Jews outside LA synagogue questioned

Published December 3, 2018

Synagogue in Basel, Switzerland vandalized

Published December 3, 2018

Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony held outside Tree of Life synagogue building

Published December 3, 2018

Netanyahu flies to Brussels to meet Pompeo

Published December 3, 2018

Trump pledges support for Jewish victims of hate in Hanukkah message

Published December 2, 2018

Jobbik party member resigns leadership positions after recording surfaces of anti-Semitic act

Published December 2, 2018

Anti-Semitic vandalism found in library book on Jewish topic at Carnegie Mellon U

Published December 2, 2018

UN General Assembly approves 6 anti-Israel resolutions

Published December 2, 2018

Jared Kushner, in Buenos Aires for G20, pays tribute to victims of AMIA Jewish center attack

Published December 2, 2018

Marc Lamont Hill in op-ed apologizes for use of phrase ‘free Palestine from the river to the sea’

Published December 2, 2018

Menorah vandalized at Penn State University

Published December 2, 2018