Leaders of 60 European cities convene in Germany to learn about Jew-hatred – “Jewish life existed in Europe before the Holocaust,” said Sacha Roytman, who leads the Combat Antisemitism Movement. “Jewish life should be celebrated here again.” | JNS.org

(December 1, 2023 / JNS) – Three generations of Paul Hirsch’s family traveled this week to Dortmund, Germany, to honor their grand-, great-grand and great-great grandfather, who was the city’s mayor from 1918 until 1933.
Dortmund, which hasn’t had another Jewish mayor, was the site of the Combat Antisemitism Movement’s European Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, held from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.