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Joshua Schultheis

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
Hamburg antisemitism commissioner Stefan Hensel. (Courtesy)
December 8, 2025, 9:02 am
Germany’s only Jewish antisemitism czar is resigning amid rising threats, ebbing support
Hamburg’s Stefan Hensel says that since Oct. 7 he has faced a ‘massive wave of hatred’ and that he feels abandoned by city officials who ‘should be my allies’
By Joshua Schultheis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets Germany's then-opposition leader, now Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 12, 2024. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)
December 6, 2025, 3:25 pm
Hosting friendly German leader, Israel looks to put war-battered ties back on track
Arriving days after major Israeli defense sale, German chancellor hopes to restore influence, but unsolved problems in Gaza, West Bank loom large over relationship
By Nava Freiberg and Joshua Schultheis
Johannes Volkmann in the Reichstag building, the seat of the German Bundestag. (Tobias Koch)
November 28, 2025, 10:29 pm
Helmut Kohl’s politician grandson is ‘ashamed’ of Germany’s response to antisemitism
Johannes Volkmann, 28, up-and-coming lawmaker and scion of the longtime chancellor, urges tougher laws against Jew-hatred, warning fear has ‘become normalized’ for German 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
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