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German court allows pro-Palestinian encampment in Hamburg park where Jews were deported by the Nazis

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 15 May

A German court has allowed a pro-Palestinian encampment organized by Bridges of Resistance in Hamburg's Moorweide park, which holds historical significance as the site where over 1,000 local Jews were deported by the Nazis.

0 Politics History

Pro-Palestinian activists are banned from Buchenwald, where survivors vowed to fight for peace

Shira Bartov in Forward · 13 Apr

The article examines the controversy at the Buchenwald concentration camp site, where pro-Palestinian activists from Kufiyas in Buchenwald were banned from holding a vigil, coinciding with historical debates on how to remember the camp's victims.

0 Holocaust Politics

Pro-Palestinian activists are banned from Buchenwald, where survivors vowed to fight for peace

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 13 Apr

A dispute over the memory and commemoration of Buchenwald's victims has erupted after pro-Palestinian activists were barred from holding a vigil at the site.

0 Politics Holocaust

Pro-Palestinian rally at Buchenwald memorial is shut down by German authorities

Shira Bartov in Forward · 3 Apr

German authorities canceled a pro-Palestinian rally at the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial due to outcry over its timing and location coinciding with the anniversary of the camp's liberation.

0 Politics History

Pro-Palestinian rally at Buchenwald memorial is shut down by German authorities

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 2 Apr

A planned pro-Palestinian rally at Buchenwald concentration camp memorial in Germany was banned by local authorities, who offered an alternative venue in downtown Weimar.

0 Communities Culture

Our Backs Will Touch: Similarities between Hasidim and German Jewish Hirschians

Yisrael Kashkin in Lehrhaus · 24 Feb

Yisrael Kashkin explores the perceived cultural and religious dichotomy between Hasidim and German Jewish Hirschians, demonstrating how these two seemingly opposite Jewish communities share more similarities than typically acknowledged.

0 Antisemitism History

German anti-Zionist group's plan to protest at Buchenwald memorial over kaffiyeh ban sparks outrage

Grace Gilson in Forward · 24 Feb

A German anti-Zionist group's intent to protest at the Buchenwald memorial against a ban on pro-Palestinian symbols, like the kaffiyeh, has sparked widespread outrage.

0 Culture Language

A podcast about disappearance – and Yiddish life

Luise Fakler in Forward · 11 Feb

"I Think I Saw You (Right When You Disappeared)" is a podcast exploring the theme of disappearance through interviews with participants of the Yiddish youth camp, Generation J. This podcast, led by Eyal Davidovitch, an interdisciplinary artist based in Berlin, delves into personal narratives that intertwine with the history and culture of Yiddish.

0 Music History

How hundreds of forgotten klezmer tunes have been rescued from oblivion

Jon Kalish in Forward · 23 Dec 2025

An extensive collection of over 1,000 historic klezmer tunes, long dormant in Kyiv's Vernadsky National Library, has been revitalized by the Klezmer Institute through the Kiselgof-Makonovetsky Digital Manuscript Project.

0 Antisemitism Holocaust

How Germany's Holocaust remembrance culture kicked off a democratic crisis

Jake Wasserman in Forward · 30 Oct 2025

Walking through Weimar, Germany, exemplifies the nation's Erinnerungskultur, or memory culture, which centers on commemorating Holocaust victims through Stolpersteine and other memorials.

0 Politics Culture

The “Rager in Raanana” Edition

Promised Podcast · 8 May 2025

The episode delves into the complexities of the Israeli government's new IDF operation in Gaza and the repercussions of a violent protest against a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day event in Ra'anana.