Careful on the antisemitism "attacks" number of 4,782. They use the very broad IHRA definition, which includes criticism of Israel and anti-zionism. All pro-Palestinian protests are also systematically qualified as attacks. And 1/5 of the 4,782 happened entirely online.
The number reasonable people care about are the ones relating to serious matters regarding life or property:
"The recorded incidents included seven cases of what RIAS referred to as “extreme violence,” defined as life-threatening attacks, including an attack on a Berlin synagogue with Molotov cocktails in October that shocked and alarmed much of the city’s Jewish community. RIAS also recorded 121 attacks, 329 cases of property damage and 183 threats."
Unfortunately, I think we've all become sensitized to how to read antisemitic stats. At the same time, people being attacked on the street just because they're Israeli is also not cool, which is why I think it's also important to report things like RIAS stats (or at least provide a link).
I signed up for Einburgerungstest two hrs away from Berlin, it’s supposed to be in August and i signed up early June. Now I need to find a B1 test and then im ready to join the thousands applying this year. I give it 18 months.
I basically took your advice. I did now too. I'm hoping it goes quicker but I'm also looking forward to filing an Untätigkeitsklage to get back at all the other bureaucratic feet dragging they've been doing.
Careful on the antisemitism "attacks" number of 4,782. They use the very broad IHRA definition, which includes criticism of Israel and anti-zionism. All pro-Palestinian protests are also systematically qualified as attacks. And 1/5 of the 4,782 happened entirely online.
The number reasonable people care about are the ones relating to serious matters regarding life or property:
"The recorded incidents included seven cases of what RIAS referred to as “extreme violence,” defined as life-threatening attacks, including an attack on a Berlin synagogue with Molotov cocktails in October that shocked and alarmed much of the city’s Jewish community. RIAS also recorded 121 attacks, 329 cases of property damage and 183 threats."
Unfortunately, I think we've all become sensitized to how to read antisemitic stats. At the same time, people being attacked on the street just because they're Israeli is also not cool, which is why I think it's also important to report things like RIAS stats (or at least provide a link).
I signed up for Einburgerungstest two hrs away from Berlin, it’s supposed to be in August and i signed up early June. Now I need to find a B1 test and then im ready to join the thousands applying this year. I give it 18 months.
I basically took your advice. I did now too. I'm hoping it goes quicker but I'm also looking forward to filing an Untätigkeitsklage to get back at all the other bureaucratic feet dragging they've been doing.
My landlord just read this and slashed my rent by 50%
"just a few hops away" 🥹
Having read the census news, I feel rather skeptical about the sinking immigration numbers.
I was a little rash to say so. Then read that the numbers of the previous year were mostly of Ukrainian refugees. And yet.