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I left Germany looking for free speech and found it in a room full of Israelis, Arabs, and Iranians

In London, my instinct to filter my words slowly faded. I found myself speaking more freely than I had in years – not because everyone shared my views, but because I no longer had to soften them

 The Mediterranean Sea.
Forensic pathologist van at an allotment garden complex in the Berlin suburb of Spandau after a known Islamist, suspected of ramming a minivan into a crowd near Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day Pride parade on Saturday evening, was shot and killed in a police operation, in Berlin, Germany

Berlin Pride attacker recorded masked pledge of allegiance to ISIS on phone, prosecutors say

The Star of David design on an individualized stamp approved by Deutsche Post. July 28, 2026.

German postal service reverses decision on anti-antisemitism Star of David stamp

Police officers walk, as emergency responders work on the site, after the annual Berlin's Christopher Street Day Pride parade was called off, after a car crashed into the crowd at Tiergarten park, leaving several people injured, in Berlin, Germany, July 25, 2026.

Suspect in Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police in Berlin suburb


Western powers condemn Israel for West Bank settlements, settler violence

The joint statement emphasized Israel's E1 settlement expansion project as a violation of international law.

Hebrew graffiti is seen on a wall in the Safa area of Surif village, north of Hebron in the West Bank on May 17, 2026.

Two men charged for plot to assassinate German Jewish leaders on behalf of Iran

Ali S. was charged with espionage, espionage for sabotage purposes, and attempted participation in murder and arson. Tawab M. was charged with attempted participation in murder.

An illustrative silhouette of an intelligence agent handler with a backdrop of the Iranian flag.

Nova exhibit in hiding, death penalty filing, Eurovision boo: Inside the week in antisemitism

A memorial forced into hiding. A death penalty filing. A singer booed into second place. One week, three continents, and a pattern officials won't name.

PEOPLE ATTEND a vigil organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism and Chabad UK to honour victims of the Bondi attack in Sydney and mark the second night of Hanukkah, in London, Britain, December 15, 2025.

There is no ceasefire in Lebanon: IDF medic’s view from the front - opinion

We need to be able to conclusively defeat our foes and not have endless “ceasefires” that are not even worth the paper they are written on.

Israeli soldiers are seen on the Israeli border with Lebanon, May 2, 2026.

Europe, Israel should launch commission with Trump’s help - opinion

President Trump ended eight conflicts, and the EU should ask him to lead a Truth and Reconciliation Commission that would halt the over 2,000-year-old European-Israeli conflict.

The Simon of Trent blood libel: Illustration in Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik, 1493

Ancient blood libels continue to shape modern antisemitism - opinion

Antisemitic conspiracy theories have deep historical roots and continue to resurface, driving prejudice and violence against Jews today.

The Simon of Trent blood libel: Illustration in Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik, 1493

German court allows pro-Palestinian encampment in Hamburg park where Jews were deported by Nazis

The encampment, whose location was deliberately chosen by the group, will culminate on Saturday with a march from the park to Hamburg’s port.

Activists have set up a pro-Palestinian camp on Hamburg's Moorweide, which a German court permitted over the objections of the city and Jewish community, May 10, 2026.

‘The Wanderers’ tells the story of Poland’s Holocaust survivors who fled to the Soviet Union

Daniela Gerson chronicles her family’s not-so-unique journey in her new book, “The Wanderers," a blend of memoir, history, and journalism.

Daniela Gerson is the author of "The Wanderers."

Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, who moved back to Germany in his 80's, dies aged 101

Weinberg, who was born in Rhauderfehn in 1925, passed away in the town of Leer, not far from his birthplace in northwest Germany.

Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, 99, poses in inside his old classroom at the memorial at the former Jewish School before a discussion with foreign journalists a week before the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 20, 2025 in Leer, Germany.

HRF files complaint against German prosecutor over dismissed charges against IDF soldier

HRF claims that the "unjustified dismissal" shielded soldier Shimon Avichai Zuckerman from genocide charges.

(Illustrative) IDF soldiers are seen traversing northern Gaza rubble during Operation Brave Heart, the operation to rescue the body of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, January 26, 2026.