Fear, Security Concerns Stall Plans for New Jewish Kindergarten in Germany

Pro-Hamas demonstrators marching in Munich, Germany. Photo: Reuters/Alexander Pohl

As Jews and Israelis face a relentlessly hostile climate in Germany, the Jewish community in Potsdam, a city just outside Berlin, fears it may not be safe to open a new Jewish daycare center amid growing security concerns.

First reported by the German newspaper Märkische Allgemeine, the local Jewish community plans to establish a new Jewish kindergarten in Potsdam’s Stern district, a residential neighborhood in the city’s southeast...