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Threatening Everyday Life Persists for Jews in Berlin

Heightened police vigilance since October 2023 has not eased pervasive low-level harassment

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Samuel Salzborn, Ansprechpartner zu Antisemitismus des Landes Berlin
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Overview

  • Samuel Salzborn warns that Jews remain in a "highly tense security situation" marked by chronic intimidation.
  • Israel-opposed antisemitic actions at demonstrations and on university campuses have become recurring, official data show.
  • Jewish residents increasingly avoid wearing visible religious symbols in public and adjust travel routes to synagogues to reduce detection.
  • People with Hebrew or Jewish-sounding names fear ordering food delivery due to potential antisemitic reactions from couriers.
  • Expanded protection measures and vigilant authorities have prevented major attacks but everyday microaggressions continue with limited bystander intervention.