Germany saw 2,480 anti-Semitic incidents in 2022, monitoring group says
Berlin, GermanyAP A group tracking anti-Semitism in Germany said Tuesday that it documented 2,480 incidents in the country last year – just under seven incidents per day on average. In its annual report, the Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism, or RIAS, said that while it registered a slight decrease in antisemitic incidents in […]
Israeli rabbis ask Pope to clarify remarks on Jewish law
Vatican CityReuters Israel’s top Jewish religious authorities have told the Vatican they are concerned about comments that Pope Francis made about their books of sacred law and have asked for a clarification. In a letter seen by Reuters, Rabbi Rasson Arousi, chair of the Commission of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel for Dialogue with the […]
German military to appoint Jewish chaplains and open forces to Muslim imams, too
RNS Germany’s armed forces will soon appoint Jewish chaplains, almost 100 years after rabbis last served with the country’s military. The forces will also welcome imams into their ranks to minister to Muslim troops. After the Nazi era and the Holocaust, the few Jewish males born in postwar Germany were exempted from military service. Since […]