“Seventy-seven years after the Holocaust, who would have ever thought we would be hiding from the Russians in Germany?” said Ora, a Ukrainian Jewish woman in her 60s from Dnipro. “What denazification can we talk about if we Jews are running away from the Russian army to Berlin of all places?” • Full Story

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier today visited the Chabad Jewish Center in Berlin, where 120 orphans from Odessa’s ‘Mishpacha’ orphanage have been welcomed, the youngest of whom is only 2.5 months old. As ChabadInfo.com previously reported, the orphanage, under the auspices of Rabbi Avraham Wolff, endured a grueling journey to its new temporary home, arriving in Berlin shortly before Shabbos • Photos

They arrived on buses from Odessa with the help of the Jewish Education Center Chabad Lubawitsch Berlin, which organized the rescue. They are now in the Charlottenburg section of Berlin. “We were able to secure accommodation for the first week and, thanks to the great help from the community, we were able to collect enough donations in kind,” Berlin’s Senior Shliach and Chief Rabbi Yehuda Teichtel said. “We welcomed the children with open arms” • Full Story

The Jewish man spit on and harassed by a pair of Syrian nationals in Germany earlier this week has been identified as the Rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin, Rabbi Yehuda Tiechtel. The incident occurred last Shabbos, German media outlets reported, after Rabbi Tiechtel led a prayer service in a synagogue in the Wilmersdorf district of western Berlin • Full Story

Rabbi of Berlin, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, on Sunday morning, urged Jews to continue to wear kippot with pride, after a German government official advised that Jews not wear kippot “everywhere, all the time.” “The combating of anti-Semitism is a top priority so it is appreciated that this is being addressed by top representatives of the government,” Rabbi Teichtal wrote on Facebook • Full Story

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier participated in this year’s public Menorah lighting at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin’s most famous landmark and in which the Nazis once marched • Full Story, Photos