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Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland), addresses guests during the Council's New Year's reception on the occasion of its 75th anniversary, on September 17, 2025 at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
June 26, 2026, 7:21 pm
2 men go on trial in Germany over alleged Iran-backed plots targeting Jews
Both exercise right to remain silent; prosecutors have said one of the suspects took orders from IRGC’s Quds Force
By AFP
The managing director of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Daniel Botmann, left, and the President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Josef Schuster greet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, prior to a ceremony to mark the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht in the Beth Zion synagogue in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (John Macdougall/Pool Photo via AP)
May 21, 2026, 5:41 pm
Alleged IRGC operative charged with plotting to kill German Jewish leader
Prosecutors say Ali S. was arrested in Denmark in June for plots against Josef Schuster, as well as two Jewish grocers and a pro-Israel politician; alleged accomplice is in custody
By AP and ToI Staff
From left to right, Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Josef Schuster, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend a memorial for the victims of the 2019 shooting at the synagogue in Halle, Germany, on October 9, 2024. (Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
March 6, 2026, 10:41 pm
German Jewish community hits back at op-ed telling leader to ‘shut up’ about Iran strikes
After leftist newspaper Die Tageszeitung published an article Wednesday criticizing Zentralrat head Josef Schuster, local leadership blasts ‘antisemitic’ attempts to silence Jews
By Joshua Schultheis
An election poster of the far-right anti-immigrant party Alternative For Germany, with the slogan reading "It's time for free opinion, is displayed in a street, in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
November 9, 2025, 4:54 pm
German Jewish leader raises alarm as far-right AfD surges in eastern states
After polls show anti-migrant party could take unprecedented power in two states next year, council president Josef Schuster warns prospect would be ‘real danger to Jewish life’
By Joshua Schultheis
Far-right German lawmaker Robert Sesselmann, center, visits a butcher shop in Sonneberg, Germany on April 27, 2023. (Robert Sesselmann)
June 25, 2023, 11:46 pm
German far-right party wins its first county leadership post, rising in polls
Victory of AfD’s candidate in rural Sonneberg area reflects rising popularity of anti-immigration party; Jewish group says party’s surge is something we ‘cannot simply accept’
By AP and ToI Staff
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (C) and President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Josef Schuster (2nd-L) attend a commemoration service on the first anniversary of the antisemitic attack on the synagogue in Halle, Germany, on October 9, 2020. (Ronny Hartmann/AFP)
April 27, 2023, 9:26 pm
Germany boosts annual funding for Jewish umbrella group by 70%
Increased budget for Central Council of Jews in Germany is meant to increase security and help support new Jewish Academy in Frankfurt
By Toby Axelrod
Rabbi Walter Homolka, rector of the Abraham Geiger College, in the Liberal Jewish community's synagogue in Hanover, Germany, in December 2016. (Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images/JTA)
December 8, 2022, 10:35 pm
German rabbi exits leadership roles as report confirms allegations against him
Investigators commissioned by main Jewish group find that possibly criminal abuse of power and sexual harassment occurred at liberal rabbinical seminary under Rabbi Walter Homolka
By Toby Axelrod
Josef Schuster, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, attends a press conference in Frankfurt on November 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
December 1, 2022, 6:15 pm
Iran said suspected of attacks on German synagogues, threat to local Jewish leader
Report says authorities believe German-Iranian man who fled country has operational command over Revolutionary Guard plots in Germany
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Walter Homolka, second from right, and other liberal and Reform rabbis in the liberal Jewish community's synagogue in Hanover, Germany, December 1, 2016. (Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)
May 24, 2022, 7:51 am
Sexual harassment, power abuse allegations rattle Germany’s liberal Jewish community
Rabbi Homolka’s husband accused of sending lewd messages to students; rabbi, others said to have covered up alleged misconduct in ‘biggest scandal’ to hit postwar Jewish community
By Toby Axelrod
Illustrative: Germany's antisemitism commissioner Felix Klein, second from right, and Rabbi Gesa Ederberg, right, listen to the testimonies of Ukrainian Jewish youths at Berlin's Jewish International school in Berlin on March 24, 2022. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
March 31, 2022, 10:59 am
Ukraine’s Jews find ‘remarkable’ refuge in Germany, 77 years after the Holocaust
Thousands of Ukrainian Jewish refugees have fled fighitng for German safety; local community chief says Berlin has ‘taken on its historic obligations’
By Yannick Pasquet
Illustrative: In this June 19, 1938, picture, the word Jude (Jew) is smeared on the windows of a shop in Berlin run by Jews. (AP Photo, FILE)
February 17, 2022, 9:56 am
German dictionary changes ‘Jew’ definition after outcry over tie to Nazi use of word
Update made after Germany’s Jewish community rejects claim that ‘Jude’ may be discriminatory due to ‘the memory’ of word’s deployment in Holocaust
By Kirsten Grieshaber
German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a press conference after a meeting with social partners, in Meseberg, eastern Germany, on September 3, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ)
September 25, 2021, 6:11 am
‘A steadfast ally’: Angela Merkel’s departure a sad moment for many German Jews
Leaders describe outgoing chancellor as ‘a reliable partner for the Jewish community,’ with a legacy where ‘the good greatly outweighs the bad’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
In this file photo, police use water canons to clear a blocked road near the German federal parliament, as people attend a protest rally in Berlin, Germany, against the coronavirus restrictions in Germany in July 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)
June 15, 2021, 3:52 pm
German officials, Jewish groups warn far-right extremism on the rise
Head of Jewish umbrella group says report shows ‘shocking extent’ to which threat has grown; authorities say neo-Nazis sought to join protests against virus restrictions
By Frank Jordans
A pro-Palestinian slogan and the acronym for a praise for Allah on the wall of the synagogue in Cueta, Spain on May 12, 2021. (FJCE via JTA)
May 12, 2021, 8:19 pm
German Jews seek protection after Israeli flags burned outside synagogues
16 arrested in Germany for anti-Israel incidents outside houses of worship in Bonn, Muenster; ‘Free Palestine’ graffitied on synagogue in Spain
By Agencies and ToI Staff
13 June 2020, Bavaria, Wurzburg: Stylized pieces of luggage stand at a memorial for deported Jews in front of the main station. The abandoned suitcases are intended to symbolize the loss and disappearance of Jews and their religious communities during the Nazi era. (Photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)
June 19, 2020, 7:29 pm
At German station, a unique memorial dedicated to Jews deported to their death
Designed by artist Matthias Braun, sculpture features a collection of abandoned suitcases to symbolize the loss and disappearance of Jews under Nazis
By Toby Axelrod
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