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Rebecca Blady

Stephan Balliet (C), who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, is reflected in a transparent barrier in a courtroom at the second day of his trial on July 22, 2020 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. (Ronny HARTMANN / various sources / AFP)
July 24, 2020, 6:44 am
In a German court, with the man who tried to kill me as I prayed on Yom Kippur
Facing the Halle synagogue shooter, I found an assailant who still harbors a deadly anti-Semitic ideology, and a new appreciation for the opportunities we have to fight hate
By Rebecca Blady
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
Illustrative: Rabbi Rebecca Blady, center, performs the havdallah ceremony in 2017. (Courtesy Base BERLIN)
October 11, 2019, 6:40 pm
Synagogue shooting survivor says German Jewry can’t only be about anti-Semitism
US Rabbi Rebecca Blady and husband Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz arrived in Berlin in May to do Jewish outreach. After surviving near-massacre on Yom Kippur, their resolve isn’t weakened
By Yaakov Schwartz
Rebecca Blady (YouTube screenshot)
October 11, 2019, 2:06 am
‘They’re shooting at us!’ — inside the Halle synagogue during moments of dread
Visiting US community leader Rebecca Blady recalls ‘chilling’ experience as congregants were besieged by armed neo-Nazi attacker
By AFP and ToI Staff
Mourners attend a vigil on October 10, 2019, in commemoration of the Halle shooting victims at the Pauluskirche church in Halle, eastern Germany, one day after the deadly anti-Semitic shooting. (Soeren Stache/DPA/AFP)
October 11, 2019, 12:26 am
As vigils held, Halle Jewish leader says he’s now ‘not sure Germany is our home’
Memorials in several cities after gunmen kills 2 when attempting Yom Kippur massacre; officials vow to boost security for Jews amid criticism of absence of cops outside synagogue
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Jewish worshipers react after they were evacuated by bus following an attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany, October 9, 2019. (Jens Meyer/AP)
October 10, 2019, 3:12 pm
Jewish leader who was in Halle shul: God counted us 1 by 1 as deserving of life
‘We prayed with extra fervor,’ says Rebecca Blady; Ambassador Richard Grenell says 10 Americans were in synagogue as gunman tried to enter; ‘all are safe and unharmed’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Jewish man stands between police officers at a Jewish cemetery and synagogue in Halle, Germany, October 9, 2019. (Jens Meyer/AP)
October 10, 2019, 11:20 am
Jews demand action from Germany after deadly anti-Semitic attack
Head of the Central Council for community says it was ‘scandalous’ that there wasn’t more security on a day like Yom Kippur; World Jewish Congress head calls for 24-hour protection
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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