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The German government has announced a new initiative to allocate funds toward anti-Semitism education in the country’s Muslim population. 

In order to prepare for this initiative, the government’s Jewish outreach official consulted with B’nai B’rith International leadership during a recent trip to Washington, D.C.

The visit and initiative were covered by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and German paper News02elf

Excerpts from the article can be found below in English and German:


JTA (English)

[…]

Felix Klein, Germany’s special representative for relations with Jewish organizations, is in Washington this week to meet with Jewish groups and Obama administration officials over American concerns about a spike in anti-Semitism in Germany during the recent Israel-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Many of the offenders were Muslims, and many of those were members of Germany’s substantial Turkish minority.

[…]

He said the money for such an initiative would come from Germany’s Interior Ministry and its Ministry for Families, Youth and the Elderly, as well as from regional governments.

Klein met State Department officials who deal with anti-Semitism and Holocaust issues as well as with officials of the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League and B’nai B’rith International.

News02elf.net (German)

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Felix Klein, der Sonderbeauftragte für die Beziehungen zu jüdischen Organisationen in Deutschland, ist in dieser Woche in Washington um sich mit jüdischen Gruppen und der Obama-Regierung zu treffen. In Gesprächen soll über die amerikanische Besorgnis über das Aufflammen des Antisemitismus in Deutschland, während des letzten Israel-Hamas-Konflikt diskutiert werden.

Die Haupttäter bei den antisemitischen Ausschreitungen während der anti-Israel-Demonstrationen in Deutschland, kamen aus den Reihen der stark wachsenden muslimischen Bevölkerung.

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Klein traf sich auch mit Beamten des US-Außenministerium, sowie mit Beamten des American Jewish Committee, der Anti-Defamation League und B’nai B’rith International um mit ihnen die Frage zu diskutieren, wie man mit dem aufkeimenden Antisemitismus in Deutschland umgehen könne.