(European Conservative) Since the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the climate for Jews in Germany has changed dramatically. Many report that they no longer feel safe, neither on the streets nor in educational institutions.
Jewish families in Germany are telling their children not to reveal their identity at school. Students hide Star of David necklaces before stepping onto campus. Worshippers take detours on their way to synagogue. What were once isolated anecdotes have become part of a grim reality: antisemitism is seeping back into everyday life.
Jo-Achim Hamburger, chairman of the Jewish community in Nuremberg, knows it well. As early as 2014, during the third Gaza war, hundreds of demonstrators stormed McDonald’s and Burger King at the railway station, claiming the convenience food vendors were “Jewish,” and shouting “Child murderer Israel” and “Allahu akbar.”
