The Jewish community in Germany is outraged after a Jewish-owned bistro pub was set on fire last weekend.
The Jewish owner of the Morgen Wird Besser pub in Berlin's Lichtenberg neighborhood said that for some years, he has been the target of harassment and threats by anti-Semitic neighbors and neo-Nazis. German media reported that local police had confirmed that they were investigating the arson as a possible anti-Semitic hate crime.
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On Wednesday, Jews and Israelis in Berlin visited the pub in a show of support for the owner and as a protest against growing anti-Semitism in the country.
Rabbi of Dresden Akiva Weingarten discussed the incident, saying, "When the news arrived about a fire in a Berlin bar that was owned by Jews โ what appears to be a hate crime and an act by members of the far Right โ I couldn't not connect it to our blood-soaked history here.
"Jewish shops in Germany being burned awakens horrible memories of our past here in the heart of every Jew," Weingarten said, adding that he believed that the German authorities would find the perpetrators and try them in court.
"Especially now, when the trial of the killer from Halle is under way, we expect the words 'Never Again' to not remain hollow," Weingarten said.
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