Toby Axelrod Archives - St. Louis Jewish Light

From virtual reality to digital synagogues, tech adds new dimension to Kristallnacht commemorations in Germany

Toby Axelrod, JTA
Published November 9, 2023

German synagogue firebombed with 2 Molotov cocktail bombs

Toby Axelrod, JTA
Published October 18, 2023

Study shows right-wing extremist attitudes on the rise in Germany

Toby Axelrod, JTA
Published September 26, 2023

Nazis destroyed Munich’s main synagogue in 1938. Parts of it were just found in the city’s river.

Toby Axelrod, JTA
Published July 6, 2023

Largest Jewish center since WWII opens in Germany

Toby Axelrod, JTA
Published June 26, 2023

Prominent German rabbi resigns from leadership roles as report confirms allegations against him

Toby Axelrod, JTA
Published December 7, 2022

A German town built a granary atop its Jewish cemetery. Now the bones are yielding insights about Ashkenazi DNA.

Toby Axelrod, JTA
Published November 30, 2022

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

Toby Axelrod, JTA
Published November 8, 2022

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

TOBY AXELROD, JTA
Published September 6, 2022

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

TOBY AXELROD, JTA
Published July 29, 2022

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

TOBY AXELROD, JTA
Published June 28, 2022

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

JTA
Published October 4, 2021

Is Alicia Silvestone Jewish?

JTA
Published October 3, 2021

The remarkable true story of the Great Knish War of 1916

Jordan Palmer and JTA
Published October 3, 2021

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

Toby Axelrod
Published September 25, 2021

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

Toby Axelrod
Published September 24, 2021

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

JTA
Published August 29, 2021

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

JTA
Published August 27, 2021

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

jta
Published August 8, 2021

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

JTA
Published August 6, 2021

Incendiary balloons from Gaza prompt new Israeli airstrikes

JTA
Published June 16, 2021

Israeli flags burned outside 2 German synagogues; Spanish synagogue vandalized

CNAAN LIPHSHIZ and TOBY AXELROD
Published May 12, 2021

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

TOBY AXELROD
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.

Toby Axelrod
Published October 6, 2020

Germany pledges extra $26 million for Jewish security

Toby Axelrod
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

Toby Axelrod
Published September 1, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published August 31, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published August 2, 2020

Holocaust survivors launch campaign to fight Holocaust denial on Facebook

Toby Axelrod
Published July 29, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published July 23, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published July 13, 2020

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

JTA
Published July 2, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published June 29, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published June 23, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published June 18, 2020

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

JTA
Published June 18, 2020

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

JTA
Published June 18, 2020

German celebrity chef shares anti-Semitic social posts

Toby Axelrod
Published June 18, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published June 3, 2020

Germany reports highest number of anti-Semitic crimes since 2001

Toby Axelrod
Published May 28, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published April 26, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published February 20, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published January 26, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published January 8, 2020

2 violent anti-Semitic assaults under investigation in Berlin

Toby Axelrod
Published January 8, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published January 2, 2020

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

Toby Axelrod
Published December 18, 2019

Angela Merkel announces $60m donation to Auschwitz museum

Toby Axelrod
Published December 6, 2019

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

Toby Axelrod
Published November 19, 2019

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

Toby Axelrod
Published October 28, 2019

Syrian citizen arrested in attack on German man wearing kippah

Toby Axelrod
Published July 29, 2019

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

Toby Axelrod
Published July 18, 2019

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

Toby Axelrod
Published July 9, 2019

Jewish-Muslim dialogue group launched in Berlin

Toby Axelrod
Published July 3, 2019

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

Toby Axelrod
Published June 20, 2019

How the Berlin Jewish Museum became a political lightning rod

Toby Axelrod
Published June 19, 2019

American tourist attacked in Berlin after saying he was Jewish

Toby Axelrod
Published June 19, 2019

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

Toby Axelrod
Published June 11, 2019

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

Toby Axelrod
Published May 27, 2019

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

Toby Axelrod
Published May 26, 2019

Germany’s parliament declares BDS movement anti-Semitic

Toby Axelrod
Published May 17, 2019

Berlin blocks appearance by convicted Palestinian terrorist

Toby Axelrod
Published March 15, 2019

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

Toby Axelrod
Published January 24, 2019

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

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

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

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

Brazil arrests Israeli head of international drug smuggling network

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

EU Council approves declaration on fight against anti-Semitism

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

OSU student government votes down Israel boycott and divestment resolution

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

Arrest made in attack on Hasidic man in Brooklyn

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

Super soccer star Messi joins Beitar Jerusalem team fans club

JTA
Published December 6, 2018