BERLIN — The far-right Alternative for Germany party has announced it will create a Jewish section within the party, drawing widespread criticism by Jewish groups across the country. Dalia Grinfeld said her group is urging all Jews in Germany to join a protest rally next month in the central German city of Offenbach, where the party plans to launch its new “Jews in the AfD” section. Despite repeatedly downplaying the horrors of the Holocaust, the far-right party has acquired some Jewish members who are drawn to its rhetoric against Muslim immigrants. Still, it’s not clear how many AfD members are Jewish or how many of them plan to participate in the Afd sections founding meeting on Oct. 7. The head of the Jewish Council, Joseph Schuster has repeatedly warned that Jews shouldn’t wear their traditional skullcap, or kippa, in German areas with large Muslim populations.

Source: National Post September 26, 2018 16:30 UTC