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Demonstrators take part in an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian rally titled "Stop the genocide in Gaza! No weapons in war zones! Peace instead of arms race!" on September 13, 2025, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
February 26, 2026, 3:57 pm
Berlin saw record 2,267 antisemitic crimes in 2025, report shows
The new figures in the city where the Holocaust was engineered are ‘shameful,’ MP Sebastian Schlüsselburg says
By Zev Stub
Reuven Y., a rabbi and defendant in a court case, appears in the district court in Tiergarten, Berlin, January 16, 2026. His attorney, Galina Rolnik, sits next to him. (Courtesy via JTA)
January 23, 2026, 1:42 pm
Berlin rabbi convicted of ‘sexual assault and coercion’ of woman he offered to counsel
Conviction comes over two years after Jewish community fired him following allegations of abuse going back nearly 2 decades
By Toby Axelrod
Marat Guelman's AI print showing Marilyn Monroe, Madonna and Golda Meir in 'Bad / Good Jews' from November 13, 2025 through November 27, 2025 (Courtesy)
November 24, 2025, 3:53 pm
Berlin art exhibit in former Nazi bunker explores Jewish experience after October 7
Works by ‘Maus’ cartoonist Art Spiegelman, ousted Putin apparatchik-turned-gallerist Marat Gelman and others take aim at labels pushed on Jews in last two years
By Jessica Steinberg
Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov speaks about the weekly Torah portion in this screenshot from a video posted on June 8, 2023. (YouTube screenshot)
July 4, 2023, 9:18 pm
Rabbinical court delays ruling on Berlin rabbi accused of sexual misconduct
Orthodox groups in Germany put off hearing with Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov after doctor says he needs rest due to stress caused by allegations against him
By Toby Axelrod
The Pears Jewish Campus in Berlin is seen at its inauguration ceremony, June 25, 2023. (Toby Axelrod/ JTA)
June 30, 2023, 10:31 am
Chabad opens Germany’s largest Jewish center since before WWII
Berlin’s Pears Jewish Campus, which covers over 80,000 square feet and cost $43.7 million to build, will house a school, gym, movie theater, music studio and kosher deli
By Toby Axelrod
Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov speaks about the weekly Torah portion in this screenshot from a video posted on June 8, 2023. (YouTube screenshot)
June 16, 2023, 7:10 pm
Berlin rabbi fired amid mounting allegations he preyed on young women
Reuven Yaacobov’s May 31 termination by the Jewish community came shortly after the claims went public, but alleged victims say complaints have been swept under the rug for years
By Toby Axelrod
Illustrative: A service at the Abraham Geiger College in Potsdam near Berlin. (photo credit: Margrit Schmidt)
March 9, 2023, 2:26 pm
10 months into leadership crisis, more strife over German rabbinical schools’ future
After scandal-ridden Rabbi Walter Homolka left the schools he founded and led, the community that bought him out is sparring with Germany’s biggest Jewish group over funding
By Toby Axelrod
Festival of Resilience participants watch a presentation. (Debi Simon for Hillel Deutschland/ via JTA)
October 6, 2021, 1:50 am
2 years after Halle synagogue attack, young Jews gather to celebrate Jewish life
The heads of Base Hillel Deutschland, an organization for young Jews in Berlin, were present at the deadly 2019 shooting. Now, they mark the event with a Festival of Resilience
By Joe Baur
Animals that are made out of recycled material are on display at the interactive exhibit about the story of Noah's Ark, at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, June 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
June 24, 2021, 12:54 pm
Jewish Museum in Berlin opens kids’ exhibit about Noah’s Ark
Visitors to ANOHA Children’s World can build little arks to float on a ‘deluge simulator’ or help rescue 150 animals made of recycled materials
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Laura Moser and her children on a train in Berlin, November 25, 2019. The family was exploring a move it would eventually make. (Courtesy of Moser/ via JTA)
May 4, 2021, 7:45 pm
Laura Moser’s run for Congress made her feel more Jewish. So she moved to Berlin
Alienated by ostensible allies on the political left, the would-be US politician says she prefers knowing to look over her shoulder as an outsider, rather than be taken by surprise
By Ron Kampeas
Hetty Berg comes to her new post in Berlin after spending 30 years as a manager and curator at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam. (Yves Sucksdorff/Jewish Museum Berlin/ via JTA)
September 2, 2020, 9:24 pm
New Berlin Jewish museum head says she’s focused on life in Germany, not Israel
With a predecessor forced to resign for a tweet seen as supporting BDS, Hetty Berg shifts gears, playing up a shared history to bring Jews and non-Jews to the newly reopened museum
By Joe Baur
The drag queen Nana Schewitz and burlesque dancer Lolita Va Voom lead a cabaret group called Jews! Jews! Jews! (Daniel Paikov/via JTA)
April 29, 2020, 3:57 pm
How creative Jewish Berlin is adapting — and flourishing — during pandemic
From the spiritual to the culinary, Jewish life in Germany’s capital is changing rapidly
By Joe Baur
File: The Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) in Berlin in 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
October 5, 2019, 10:31 pm
Man crying ‘Allahu Akbar’ tries to run into Berlin synagogue with knife
Police subdue, arrest 23-year-old, apparently a Syrian refugee, who also shouted ‘Fuck Israel’ in Friday incident; German media says probe ongoing but suspect released from custody
By ToI Staff
The skyline of Munich, Germany. (Wikipedia/Stefan Kühn/CC BY-SA)
August 6, 2019, 10:38 pm
Rabbi and 2 sons spat on, yelled at in Munich
Police looking for two suspects who yelled anti-Semitic slurs as the three left a synagogue in the southern German city
By Marcy Oster
Imam Osman Oers, front, and Rabbi Akiva Weingarten take the start on a tandem of the "meet2respect" bicycle demonstration in Berlin on June 24, 2018. (AFP Photo/John MacDougall)
June 24, 2018, 8:29 pm
Berlin: Imams, rabbis ride tandem bikes for mutual respect
Amid fears of rising anti-Semitism, religious leaders ‘want to lead by good example,’ with one imam calling the demonstration ‘our peacekeeping mission’
By AFP
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