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

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

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

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

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

Jewish high school students read aloud the names of 55,696 Berlin Jews murdered by the Nazis

Toby Axelrod
Published November 8, 2018

Angela Merkel’s Jewish legacy

Toby Axelrod
Published November 7, 2018

Jewish backers of Germany’s far-right AfD Party founds support organization

Toby Axelrod
Published September 25, 2018

Lawsuit filed against German bookstore for trivializing the Holocaust with ‘abortion will set you free’ display

Toby Axelrod
Published September 25, 2018

Jewish restaurant owner injured, restaurant vandalized during German neo-Nazi riots

Toby Axelrod
Published September 9, 2018

German Jews call anti-foreigner riots a threat to democracy

Toby Axelrod
Published September 4, 2018

American Jews lead kippah solidarity walk in heart of Berlin

Toby Axelrod
Published July 18, 2018

Germany boosts funding to Jewish community to fight anti-Semitism

Toby Axelrod
Published July 6, 2018

Jewish woman found stabbed to death in Frankfurt park

Toby Axelrod
Published May 13, 2018

Volunteers hand out 6,000 white kippahs in Berlin parks

Toby Axelrod
Published April 30, 2018

Berlin Jews set ‘wear a kippah’ demonstration in response to assault

Toby Axelrod
Published April 23, 2018

Jewish leader blasts award to German rappers who use anti-Semitic lyrics

Toby Axelrod
Published April 15, 2018

A Palestinian-born legislator dreams of rebuilding a synagogue in Berlin

Toby Axelrod
Published March 19, 2018

Germany to bring in an anti-Semitism monitor

Toby Axelrod
Published January 18, 2018

A girl’s pendant found at Sobibor reunites a Jewish family spread across the globe

Toby Axelrod
Published November 7, 2017

This Jewish soprano takes on Trump in absurdist opera piece

Toby Axelrod
Published October 16, 2017

German TV to air interviews with SS death squad soldiers tracked down by Nazi hunter

Toby Axelrod
Published September 29, 2017

What you need to know about the far-right Alternative for Germany party

Toby Axelrod
Published September 26, 2017

Merkel elected to fourth term as German chancellor, while right-wing party set to enter parliament

Toby Axelrod
Published September 24, 2017

Jews find their voice ahead of German elections

Toby Axelrod
Published September 19, 2017

Munich memorial focuses on lives of murdered 1972 Olympic athletes

Toby Axelrod
Published September 5, 2017

Does Berlin’s mayor belong on Wiesenthal Center’s top 10 list for anti-Semitism? Local leaders say no.

Toby Axelrod
Published August 31, 2017

Guide at Anne Frank Center in Berlin compares Jewish suffering under Nazis to Palestinians under Israel

Toby Axelrod
Published July 20, 2017

These young Jews are optimistic about their future in Europe

Toby Axelrod
Published June 9, 2017

Far-right party leader claims it is best hope for German Jewry

Toby Axelrod
Published April 6, 2017

Jewish parents pull son from Berlin school over anti-Semitic harassment

Toby Axelrod
Published April 3, 2017

U.S. court rules Jewish descendants can sue Germany for return of Nazi-looted collection

Toby Axelrod
Published April 3, 2017

Frankfurt Jewish group severs ties with German city’s Chabad over ‘disrespect’ and ‘insults’

Toby Axelrod
Published March 24, 2017

Meet Rabbi ‘Willy’ Wolff, Germany’s ambassador of liberal Judaism — and now, movie star

Toby Axelrod
Published March 24, 2017

What a ‘kippah walk’ in Berlin won’t tell you about anti-Semitism

Toby Axelrod
Published March 15, 2017

Heirs of Jewish art collector join with German university to recover lost works

Toby Axelrod
Published March 9, 2017

Switzerland to launch Holocaust remembrance app

Toby Axelrod
Published March 9, 2017

Swiss parliament lower house votes to halt funds to groups promoting anti-Semitism

Toby Axelrod
Published March 9, 2017

Anti-Semitic incidents rise 16 percent in Berlin

Toby Axelrod
Published February 28, 2017

German judge removes Holocaust survivor brothers as plaintiffs against SS medic

Toby Axelrod
Published February 16, 2017

Populist party in Germany set to oust member for denigrating Berlin Holocaust memorial

Toby Axelrod
Published February 13, 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel cancels joint Cabinet meeting with Israel

Toby Axelrod
Published February 13, 2017

Germany’s Jewish community welcomes Steinmeier as country’s new president

Toby Axelrod
Published February 12, 2017

Jewish teen kicked out of German school for making Hitler salute

Toby Axelrod
Published January 31, 2017

German firm returning looted painting by Dutch master

Toby Axelrod
Published January 27, 2017

German schoolbook publisher apologizes for anti-Semitic illustration

Toby Axelrod
Published January 26, 2017

German police raid homes of extremists allegedly planning attacks on Jews, refugees

Toby Axelrod
Published January 25, 2017

Non-Jewish Germans who preserve local Jewish history awarded

Toby Axelrod
Published January 24, 2017

‘Yolocaust’ satire sparks debate in Germany

Toby Axelrod
Published January 23, 2017

Far-right political party no threat to German democracy, high court rules

Toby Axelrod
Published January 17, 2017

Club supporting German right-wing AfP party creates ad with WWII resistance fighter

Toby Axelrod
Published January 17, 2017

German court affirms ruling that said synagogue arson isn’t anti-Semitic

Toby Axelrod
Published January 15, 2017

German family firm to return Nazi-looted artwork to Jewish heirs

Toby Axelrod
Published January 12, 2017