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Cologne (dpa) - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin called for “zero tolerance against any form of anti-Semitism” during a ceremony in Cologne.
Rivlin said in a video greeting that there had been both a strong revival of Jewish life in Germany and a dangerous rise in old and new forms of anti-Semitism over the past few decades.
One must tackle this - “whether on the street, in the online media or in politics”.
Rivlin spoke at the beginning of the festival year “1700 years of Jewish life in Germany”.
The reason for this is the earliest evidence of Jewish life on the territory of present-day Germany from the year 321.
At that time, the Roman Emperor Constantine passed a law that allowed Jews to be appointed to the Cologne city council.
Rivlin said the history of Germany and the Jewish people have been linked for many centuries.
This included times of cruel persecution, but also phases in which the common history was shaped by cooperation and tolerance.
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Festival year "1700 years of Jewish life in Germany"