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Toby Axelrod (JTA)

Toby Axelrod (JTA)

JPR will co-lead a new European research network on Jewish life and antisemitism.
June 18, 2026, 4:23 pm
REPORT: Antisemitic incidents in Germany remained elevated in 2025, fuelled by rise in far-right cases
The president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany said the new data reflected a “grim reality"
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Babka & Krantz, a Berlin Jewish bakery, closed, citing harassment as well as economic pressure, as seen in June 2026. (Toby Axelrod)
June 9, 2026, 10:33 am
Celebrated Berlin Jewish bakery closes, citing harassment since 7 October
Babka & Krantz’s Israeli immigrant owner was the first Jewish master baker accepted into the Berlin Bakers’ Guild
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Astor Film Lounge
April 7, 2026, 12:57 pm
Frankfurt cinema declines to participate in Jewish film festival, spurring backlash
The Jewish community of Frankfurt called the decision a 'devastating societal signal'
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Rabbi Gesa Ederberg is installed as the president of the Rabbinical Assembly at Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck, New Jersey, March 11, 2026. (Courtesy RA)
March 19, 2026, 2:02 pm
Berlin rabbi makes history as first European to head Conservative rabbis’ association
Rabbi Gesa Ederberg is also likely the first convert to Judaism to hold the role
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Brothers David, Eitan and Ariel Cunio, from left, stand outside the Berlin theater Babylon before a screening of a documentary about their family, Feb. 20, 2026. (Toby Axelrod)
February 23, 2026, 11:46 am
Former Israeli hostages see film about their captivity rewritten after their release
David and Ariel Cunio and their families received standing ovations at a screening adjacent to the Berlinale.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
A rabbi and defendant in a court case appears in the district court in Tiergarten, Berlin, Jan. 16, 2026. His attorney, Galina Rolnik, sits next to him. (Courtesy)
January 23, 2026, 9:17 am
Berlin rabbi convicted of ‘sexual assault and sexual coercion’ of woman he offered to help
The conviction comes more than three years after the rabbi was fired by the organised Jewish community.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Real estate photograph from Robles Casas & Campas
August 27, 2025, 10:15 am
Spotted in a Nazi’s daughter’s real estate ad: a painting looted from a famed Jewish art dealer
The painting was owned by Jacques Goudstikker, who died while fleeing the Nazis in 1940
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
German Police. Photo Credit: Wikipedia
July 3, 2025, 9:30 am
Danish man was helping Iran plan attacks on Jewish targets in Berlin, police say
German authorities believe a special unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is behind the scouting operation
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Screenshot
February 21, 2025, 12:03 pm
German Jews express alarm after J.D. Vance’s comments boost far-right AfD ahead of election
Alternative for Germany political party is topping 20% in some polls ahead of the vote on Sunday.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
On-screen odd couple Fry and Dunham
June 17, 2024, 5:21 pm
Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry take a father-daughter trip to Auschwitz
Tragicomedy Treasure, in UK cinemas now, is a story about how a legacy of violence can affect anybody
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Nazis and their Dutch collaborators used the GVB public tram system to deport Dutch Jews during the Holocaust. (Courtesy Willy Lindwer)
March 11, 2024, 9:50 am
Dutch tram company that carried Anne Frank to her doom sought compensation after the war
Most of the Jews forced onto the trams did not survive: More than 100,000 Dutch Jews — three-quarters of the country’s Jewish population — were murdered in the Holocaust.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Actress Helen Mirren and Guy Nattiv, film director and screenwriter, attend the Cinema for Peace Gala Berlin, Feb. 19, 2024. (Fabian Sommer/Picture alliance via Getty Images)
February 26, 2024, 3:55 pm
‘Golda,’ biopic about Israeli leader at war, wins top prize from Cinema for Peace Foundation
Nattiv and Mirren attended the awards ceremony in Berlin where their prize was presented by 102-year-old Margot Friedlander, one of the oldest remaining Holocaust survivors.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
The grand mufti of Bosnia, Husein ef. Kavazović, shakes hands with Menachem Rosensaft, who was born in a displaced persons camp, at a ceremony marking the launch of a new peace initiative in Srebrenica, Bosnia, Jan. 28, 2024. (Courtesy Srebrenica Memorial Center)
February 1, 2024, 9:25 am
Holocaust and Srebrenica survivors launch Jewish-Muslim effort to prevent genocides
The event took place at the Srebrenica Memorial Center, a museum marking the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were murdered by Bosnian Serb forces in the summer of 1995.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
December 12, 2023, 8:54 am
Berlin drops Mahmoud Abbas’ Holocaust hate speech case due to diplomatic immunity
At issue was Abbas’ comments made during a press conference with German Chancellor in which he accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” since its war for independence in 1948.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
An aerial view of the palace in Köthen, Germany. (Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, Henrik Bollmann/Wikimedia Commons)
September 27, 2023, 8:57 am
Study shows right-wing extremist attitudes on the rise in Germany
A new survey indicates that 8% of people in Germany have a right-wing extremist worldview, up from 2-3% in previous years.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
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