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Germany set to add citizenship test questions about Jews and Israel
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/26/germany-citizenship-test-israel-jews-holocaust/?
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 2 years ago
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New questions, German magazine Der Spiegel reported, are to include: What is a Jewish house of prayer called?
And, somewhat mysteriously: Who can become a member of the approximately 40 Jewish Maccabi sports clubs in Germany?
Germany and German institutions have come under criticism in recent months for enforcing strict speech policies affecting pro-Palestinian protests.
“One thing is particularly important to me,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told Der Spiegel.
“Antisemitism has no place in Germany,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an address to German parliament in late October.
In April 2023, the government announced that it would increase annual payments to the Central Council of Jews in Germany to almost $24 million, in part “to further strengthen the safety and security of Jewish communities.”
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