“The nature of anti-Semitism in Germany is definitely changing,” said Sergey Lagodinsky, a member of the assembly of the Jewish community in Berlin. But officials, analysts and Jewish and Muslim leaders all say Germany has been slow to recognize the risks. If people are dying in Syria, you can’t let them die because you may face more anti-Semitism in a couple years,” said Lagodinsky, the member of the Berlin Jewish assembly. Josh Spinner, an American-born, Berlin-based rabbi, said Germany also needs to keep its problems with anti-Semitism in perspective. Warnings that Germany would become inhospitable for Jews after taking in so many refugees have, for the most part, not come to pass.

Source: National Post April 29, 2018 14:37 UTC