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.
In Germany in 2019, anti-Semitic violence can no longer be treated as a passing phenomenon. This is an epidemic. All efforts to deny this reality, whether from the authorities, local Jewish leadership, or recent Israeli immigrants, crumble in the face of the terrible day-to-day reality that is the product of an industry of repudiation and denial.
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.
After security guards prevent shooter from entering synagogue during Yom Kippur services, he carries out rampage on street, killing two. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government voices outrage over the attack on Yom Kippur and urges tougher action against anti-Semitic violence.
