There are "traditional" Nazis (supporters of the Third Reich who are elderly, their families, etc.) I met them in 1979 when I was traveling in Germany. They have mini-Nazi museums in their cellars and sing Hitler fight songs in isolated woods. And they still hate Jews and "foreigners".

There are Neo-Nazis, the resurrection of a new generation of Nazis. You know them: shaved heads, tats, loud music. They hate Jews too.

The question is the will of the German government to fight discrimination and persecution of Jews. Local, regional, and country-wide. That will determine how safe German Jews are and will be. Indifference and reticence will be as fatal as government imprimatur

They refused to call the firebombing of a synagogue antisemitism. https://www.vox.com/world/2017/1/13/14268994/synagogue-wuppertal-anti-semitism-anti-zionism-anti-israel

1. Germany now has an imported antisemitism issue. This probably is larger than the native antisemitism problem, and more dangerous. Not a politically-correct opinion, I know. But it is stupid to ignore that much of the Islamic world hates Jews simply because we exist. It has nothing to do with Israel or any of the other excuses. A majority of the Islamic world has hated Jewish people for 1,400 years. And gay people. And women. And anyone that refuses to convert. Go read a Pew pole if you don't want to believe this hard truth.

2. The Jewish groups are perceived as liberal and supporting immigration, probably correctly. I think this was a naive, goodhearted, mistake for the reason stated in No. 1. The Jewish groups need to oppose immigration of people with certain beliefs. Not only because it is suicidal, but for the practical reason of avoided being lumped in as "part of the problem" by nativist groups.

From last month:

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Across Europe, anti-immigration parties with ties to far-right movements have stepped up efforts to recruit supporters in the continent’s small Jewish community, often drawing on perceptions in that community about anti-Semitism among Muslims. Such concerns are widespread. A recent European Union survey found that 41% of Jews in Germany who had experienced anti-Semitic harassment blamed Muslim extremists, while 20% saw the perpetrators as having right-wing political views and 16% saw them as having left-wing views.

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The Swedish parliament includes Jewish legislators who belong to the Sweden Democrats, a party with roots in neo-Nazism that it has since renounced. Austria’s parliament includes Jewish lawmakers who are members of the Freedom Party, which was founded by former members of Adolf Hitler’s SS. The party of Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician and strident critic of Islam, has a Jewish legislator. And in France, which has Europe’s largest Jewish community, the pollster IFOP estimated that 10% of Jewish voters supported the National Front—whose founder once called the gas chambers a “detail of World War II history”—in the 2017 presidential election. The party has since been renamed National Rally. To be sure, Jews in Europe have traditionally supported mainstream parties, and many Jewish leaders in Europe have condemned efforts to draw their followers to right-wing parties.

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Right-wing political leaders such as Ms. Le Pen, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have all traveled to Israel to build ties not just with its government but also with local Jewish constituencies, said Michael Wolffsohn, a historian and commentator who has written extensively about anti-Semitism in Germany. “The alienation of Jews from mainstream parties in Germany and Europe will no doubt continue as anti-Israel rhetoric and the lack of engagement regarding the danger coming from parts of the Muslim community continues,” Mr. Wolffsohn said.

While Jewish voters may represent a relatively small portion of the electorate in many European countries, winning their support could help improve the public image of far-right parties, which often face criticism for their stances against immigration... Jewish lawmakers who belong to far-right parties in Europe say their countries haven’t done enough to address anti-Semitism among new arrivals.

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The recent EU survey found that 34% of Jews in a dozen European countries avoid attending Jewish events for fear for their safety, with well over a third considering emigrating because they don’t feel safe as Jews in Europe. Over 70% saw government measures against anti-Semitism as ineffective and 90% reported that hatred of Jews was on the rise.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-right-wing-woos-a-new-audience-jewish-voters-11546257601 (paid subscription)

I’m not surprised.

I’ve told this story before but years ago I sat next to a scary tattooed guy on a plane. English. I don’t recall the political party, but fringe right at the time.

First words were “you a Jew?!”

I said “Oy vey” internally and prepared for the onslaught.

He was very weird with weird nationalist ideas, but not remotely anti Semitic.

He was OK until he went off the rails and basically opined that Hitlers mistake was going after the Jewish people. He should have allied and then they would rule the world.

Anyway, this seems a milder version of that.