Rabbi Rafael Bezaleli arrived for a special dawn prayer at the Western Wall carrying an etrog the size of a watermelon, which he says represents righteous Jews who both know the Torah and do good deeds.
The graffiti, found last Friday, featured a portrait of a bloodied Hitler and a sentence in German: "Reputation is easy to lose and hard to earn." Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lion lauds local authorities' "prompt reaction" following the incident.
In wake of attack on a synagogue in eastern German city of Halle, about 10,000 people participated in the march through the German capital. Several thousand others protested in other cities. Many Germans are in shock over the attack, in which two people were killed.
In coordination with the Elie Wiesel Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania, new museum aims to promote Romanian Jewish history, culture, and traditions and highlight Romanian Jews' contribution to the modernization of Romanian society.
The attempt to massacre Jews inside a synagogue stokes renewed concern about rising far-right extremism and questions about the police response. "It's not easy being openly Jewish in Germany, [but] the main message is we can't give up. We won't give up on Jewish existence in Germany," says a Jewish worshipper to Israel Radio.
Police to investigate the incident as a hate crime. Swastika and the word “Jews” crossed out appeared on wall.
"If police had been stationed outside the synagogue, then this man could have been disarmed before he could attack others," president of the council of Germany's Jewish community tells Deutschlandfunk public radio.
Holocaust Survivors' Foundation USA needs Congress to act in order to take insurance companies to court in the US to recover insurance policies not honored by Nazi-era companies and worth at least $25 billion in total.
News of deadly Yom Kippur attack heightens fears of more anti-Semitic violence in a nation still scarred by the Holocaust and witnessing the rise of the right-wing Alternative for Germany party.
UN Secretary General António Guterres condemns deadly attack that kills two on High Holiday of Yom Kippur. President Reuven Rivlin calls on Berlin to bring full force of law against anti-Semitism.
