The Stars Are Back on Jewish Doors in Berlin

In Berlin, Jewish homes are being marked again. Synagogues are being attacked again. And in the name of ‘resistance,’ protestors are calling for the same outcome the Nazis sought: a world without Jews.

When you speak today with Ron Prosor, Israel’s Ambassador to Germany, you are not met with the language of polite diplomacy. You are met with the language of a man sounding the alarm. His words are fire alarms, not footnotes. “The fire was ignored for too long. Now the house is in flames. The alliance between Islamists and far-left extremists, long downplayed in Germany, is now acting openly.” Prosor’s voice cuts through decades of denial like a blade. He does not soften the truth because the truth has become too dangerous to ignore. German society, he explains, allowed the roots of antisemitism to fester beneath the surface, especially on the political left.

“The biggest failure is in the past: antisemitism from the left was smiled away. Now, extremists and Islamists join forces.” He points to the universities where anti-Israel hate has been legitimized under the banner of postcolonial theory. “Universities in Germany have become incubators for anti-Israel hate. Hamas is celebrated. Jewish students are afraid. And the same Germany that once promised to protect Jewish life stands by in silence.”

And when asked whether this moment can still be salvaged, Prosor is honest: “Anyone who stands in Berlin today and calls for the destruction of the only Jewish state has understood nothing, not history, not morality.”

When you reach out to Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner, you get something rare in today’s Germany: moral courage. “The hatred expressed in these slogans is unbearable and unjustifiable. Whoever questions Israel’s right to exist or glorifies antisemitic violence crosses a red line.” Wegner knows what Berlin symbolizes. He knows what silence has cost in the past. “Berlin has a special historical responsibility. I take this responsibility very seriously. That’s why we are taking action against antisemitic incitement.” He goes further: “We must restrict the freedom of movement of those who commit antisemitic crimes. There must be clarity: whoever acts against our values will face consequences.”

Wegner is one of the few political leaders in Germany today willing to call out this crisis with the gravity it demands. But he cannot fight this alone.

What once stood for human rights has mutated into a coalition of jihadist sympathy and anti-Jewish hate.

Berlin’s Jewish homes are again marked with Stars of David. Synagogues are firebombed. Jewish students like Lahav Shapira are beaten in broad daylight. At TU Berlin, someone scrawled a drawing of a gas chamber with the words: “Six million were not enough.”

Meanwhile, progressive protestors shout, “From the river to the sea!”. At the Free University and Humboldt University, Jewish students are forced into hiding. Their professors remain silent. This is Germany’s betrayal, and Berlin is its capital.

Activists have chanted for Intifada. Feminist collectives ignore the rape of Israeli women. Queer activists walk hand-in-hand with supporters of a regime that would murder them. It would be laughable if it weren’t so obscene.

The left in Germany has lost its moral compass. Its obsession with anti-colonial theory has led it to romanticize jihad, excuse terror, and silence Jews. The red triangle of Hamas is now fashionable. “Palestine ’48” is not a call for peace. It is a call for genocide.

This is not about freedom of speech. This is about survival. If the streets of Germany are once again unsafe for Jews, the world must ask: what was the point of ‘Never Again’ if it ends in Now Again?