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Zentralrat Der Juden Marks 75th Anniversary With Warnings of Surging Antisemitism

Commendations from Cultural State Minister Wolfram Weimer alongside endorsement by Bishop Georg Bätzing underscore the council’s call for discreet religious dress to safeguard Jewish life from growing antisemitism.

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Angesichts des 75. Gründungsjubiläums des Zentralrats der Juden hat Kulturstaatsminister Weimer die Organisation als "unersetzliche" Stimme der demokratischen Zivilgesellschaft gewürdigt - und vor einem aufstrebenden Antisemitismus gewarnt.
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Overview

  • The Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland was founded on July 19, 1950 in Frankfurt to coordinate the post-war emigration of Holocaust survivors and later evolved into the permanent representative body of German Jewry.
  • Today the council represents about 100,000 members across 105 communities and is headquartered in Berlin near the Neue Synagoge on Oranienburger Straße.
  • Wolfram Weimer hailed the council as an irreplaceable voice of German democracy, and Georg Bätzing pledged unwavering Catholic solidarity in resisting antisemitism.
  • President Josef Schuster cited 8,627 antisemitic incidents recorded in Germany in 2024—a 77 percent increase over the previous year—to illustrate the growing threat against Jewish communities.
  • Under the slogan “Wir bleiben,” the council urged members to wear symbols like the kippa discreetly as a safety measure amid rising antisemitic violence.