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Gold medalist Tom with Ankie Spitzer. Pic: Justin Cohen
August 7, 2024, 5:03 pm
Munich Olympics widow: ‘Our record-breaking medallists are the answer to 1972’
Paris ceremony honours memory of the 11 murdered Israelis as IOC president Thomas Bach hails impact of families’ campaign on him
By Justin Cohen in Paris
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July 18, 2024, 6:04 pm
Adidas apologises for ‘upset or distress caused’ by 1972 Munich Olympic trainer
EXCLUSIVE: Sports brand re-issued its SL 72 OG shoe, inspired by the infamous Munich Olympics, where 11 Israeli athletes were murdered by Palestinian terrorists
By Michelle Rosenberg
Memorial wall to Munich's 4,000 Jewish Holocaust victims, Ohel Jakob synagogue. Pic: Michelle Rosenberg, September 2023
September 22, 2023, 9:35 am
OPINION: Reluctant reflection: My journey into Germany’s Jewish future
Anxiously travelling to Germany for the first time, Michelle Rosenberg found a city still haunted by its past despite efforts to move into the future.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, the president of the Conference of European Rabbis, affixes a mezuzah to the doorframe of the Centre for Jewish Life in Munich, Germany on September 19, 2023. Photo Credits: Rober Gongoll, CER
September 20, 2023, 9:08 pm
Conference of European Rabbis opens new HQ in Munich
This centre is a "symbol of hope and a message to all the dark forces that threaten the Jewish people," says CER President Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pic: Jewish Museum, Munich
July 6, 2023, 11:50 am
Discovery of ruins of Munich synagogue destroyed by Hitler
Construction workers have discovered building stones from the city's main synagogue, demolished 85 years ago on the orders of the Nazis
By Michelle Rosenberg
Bavaria’s Minister-President Markus Söder, center, receives an award from the Conference of European Rabbis in Munich, May 9, 2023. On right is CER President Pinchas Goldschmidt and on left is Charlotte Knobloch, head of the Jewish Community of Munich and upper Bavaria. (Marc Müller/CER)
May 12, 2023, 11:57 am
Brexit’s fault: European rabbinical group moves HQ from London to Munich
Conference of European Rabbis President Pinchas Goldschmidt confirms the UK's EU exit was a leading factor in the move.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Roger Waters
March 17, 2023, 12:43 pm
Roger Waters launches legal action against German city authorities for branding him a ‘well known antisemite’
Former Pink Floyd bassist takes action against authorities in Munich and Frankfurt, where his concerts have been cancelled.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and other dignitaries attend commemoration of Munich Olympic massacre inside Westminster (Photo: Lee Harpin)
September 5, 2022, 5:08 pm
Moving Munich Olympic massacre commemoration held at Westminster
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis joined by Keir Starmer, Lord Pickles, Israeli ambassador to UK Tzipi Hotovely, and representatives from the Board, JLC at Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle's poignant Westminster event
By Lee Harpin
Holocaust survivor and Israeli sportsman Shaul Ladany stands in front of a child photo of him in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp memorial.
September 4, 2022, 9:36 am
Bergen Belsen and Munich Olympics survivor: ‘I am not afraid to die’
Shaul Ladany, now 86, reflects on the 1972 terror attack that took place at the Olympic Games 50 years ago this week.
By Jamie Gardner (Press Association)
A stone cutter renovates a memorial stone for the 11 Israeli athletes killed by the Palestinian Black September group during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich earlier this month (Photo: Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay)
August 31, 2022, 3:15 pm
Reparations deal paves way for Olympic families to mark 50 years since Munich deaths
The relatives of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches killed during the 1972 Games will mark the anniversary next week after a new agreement for compensation
By Michael Daventry
inside the Allianz Arena for a Bayern Munich game. Picture: Jason Paris
June 7, 2022, 4:53 pm
Three England fans arrested for Nazi salutes before game against Germany
Trio were arrested for gestures while police said another caused £1,700 worth of damage by letting off a flare inside his hotel room - and fear more incidents before game in Munich
By Toby Porter
2JAWFRN Munich, Germany. 01st June, 2022. Joachim Hermann (CSU, M), Minister of the Interior of Bavaria, speaks during the 32nd General Assembly of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) during a visit to the Dachau concentration camp memorial. Credit: Sven Hoppe/dpa/Alamy Live News
June 6, 2022, 12:21 pm
Birthplace of the Holocaust hosts first crucial rabbis’ conference after lockdown
Munich, where the Nazi genocidal project began, hosted an influx of rabbis from all over the world and from the full spectrum of Jewish views
By Jenni Frazer
Chief Rabbi of Moscow, Pinchas Goldschmidt.
June 4, 2022, 7:46 pm
Moscow’s Chief Rabbi sets out post-pandemic challenges facing the Jewish world
Pinchas Goldschmidt tells Jewish News: "We have to re-start Jewish life. Many places are now smaller, poorer, and less organised."
By Jenni Frazer in Munich
The Israeli team at the Munich Olympics
June 1, 2022, 4:40 pm
Ceremony marks 50 years since murder of 11 Israelis at 1972 Olympic Games
A small group of rabbis from the Conference of European Rabbis held a memorial event at the site of the Olympic park.
By Jenni Frazer in Munich
Ayelet Zurer stars in Losing Alice 
January 21, 2021, 5:29 pm
Losing Alice star Ayelet Zurer: ‘Everyone needs danger in their life’
Man of Steel and Shtisel star opens up about playing an unsated woman in new Israeli psychological thriller on Apple TV+
By Brigit Grant
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