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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Martin Luther

A car drives down Berlin's street named for Heinrich von Treitschke. (Google Maps via JTA)
December 15, 2021, 8:14 pm
290 streets in Berlin named for people with antisemitic views, analysis finds
Commissioner does not call for name changes, but says findings should spark discussions on centuries of antisemitism in mainstream Germany
By Cnaan Liphshiz
In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 photo the so-called 'Judensau,' or 'Jew pig,' sculpture is displayed on the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
June 20, 2020, 2:41 am
German church covers anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ sculpture it was forced to keep
Stephan Church in city of Calbe barred from removing relief because building is a registered historical monument; pastor denounces carving as ‘an insult to Jewish citizens’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
In this photo from January 14, 2020, the so-called "Judensau," or "Jew pig," sculpture is displayed on the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File )
February 4, 2020, 8:31 pm
German appeals court denies bid to remove anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ relic
Court says Jewish plaintiff seeking removal of ‘Judensau’ sculpture didn’t prove that it is of ‘slanderous character’ or violates his rights
By Agencies
In this January 14, 2020 photo the so-called Judensau, or “Jew pig,” sculpture is displayed on the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
January 21, 2020, 7:39 pm
German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ relic
Controversial sculpture on the Town Church in Wittenberg, where Martin Luther once preached, dates back to around 1300
By Kirsten Grieshaber and Kerstin Sopke
In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 photo the so-called 'Judensau,' or 'Jew pig,' sculpture is displayed on the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
January 17, 2020, 3:20 pm
Anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ sculpture at center of German court battle
Jewish activist wants 700-year-old relief on Wittenberg’s church removed; parish agrees it’s an ‘insulting’ piece of history but contends it is part of its inheritance
By Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke
Rivka Bond
July 11, 2018, 10:46 am
Rivka Bond
Calling Jews ‘poisonous worms’ isn’t anti-Semitic?!
Martin Luther’s vile invective was hate speech, no different from today’s racism disguised as anti-Zionism
Part of a September 1543 letter signed by Protestant reformer Martin Luther. The letter, penned in German, was to be put up for auction, July 11, 2018. (Courtesy of RR Auction via AP)
July 10, 2018, 9:33 am
Martin Luther letter critical of Jews goes up for auction
Though Protestant reformer wrote Jewish people are ‘devils incarnate,’ experts say he was not a racist anti-Semite, just frustrated at their refusal to convert to Christianity
By AP
A picture taken on October 28, 2016 shows a bronze statue of German theologian Martin Luther outside the Marktkirche (Market Church) in Hannover, Germany. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Holger Hollemann)
October 31, 2017, 5:48 am
Martin Luther 500th anniversary marred by anti-Semitism row
Controversy erupts over ‘Judensau’ carving on church showing Jews suckling the teats of a sow as a rabbi looks under its leg and tail
By Yannick Pasquet
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
October 30, 2017, 1:59 pm
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Martin Luther and the Jews, 500 years later
The theologian is about so much more than anti-Semitism, but how his teachings went wrong is an object lesson for religion
John Barrows
October 24, 2017, 2:40 pm
John Barrows
Martin Luther paved the way for the Holocaust
500 years after the Protestant Reformation, Germany celebrates its anti-Semitic founder
Martin Luther (Lucas Cranach the Elder/Wikipedia)
November 26, 2016, 7:09 am
Norway church denounces Luther’s anti-Jewish writings
Ahead of Reformation’s 500th anniversary, Lutheran Church distances itself from founder’s anti-Jewish bias
By AP
Pioneering humanist Catholic theologian Desiderius Erasmus in 1523 as depicted by Hans Holbein the Younger (Wikimedia commons)
May 14, 2016, 10:38 pm
Dutch humanists spurn call to condemn Erasmus’ anti-Semitism
Association says offensive remarks about Jews made by 15th century Catholic theologian should be seen in historical context
By JTA
A look at some of the “Freedom Cap” kippahs Marc Daniels took to the 51st anniversary of the Selma march, March 10, 2016. (Courtesy of Marc Daniels)
March 10, 2016, 6:32 pm
Kippah reinvented as ‘Freedom Cap’ in Selma memorial march
60-year-old Jewish salesman hopes to counter ‘racist hatred’ with cross-racial skullcaps
By Gabe Friedman
This carving on the facade of Martin Luther's church in Wittenberg, Germany shows Jews suckling at a sow's teat. (Toni L. Kamins/JTA)
November 13, 2015, 6:15 pm
German Protestant church denounces founder’s anti-Semitism
In unanimous decision, the decision-making synod renounces Martin Luther’s calls to persecute and banish Jews
By JTA
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