'We are locked up like birds in the cage,' said Elly Gotz, a Holocaust survivor. 'But, you know, it's not as bad as some of the lockups I've experienced .'

Police say patrols have been stepped up in the areas after officers were called to disperse several gatherings at places of worship, including synagogues, on Friday and Saturday.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish group is accusing the education minister of using the Hasidic community as a scapegoat.

A Jewish community is asking for more pushback on comments like this and more detailed education for students about what truly happened during the Second World War.

'They're concentration camps at the moment. History shows what's going to happen.'

Rabbis in Saskatchewan say while their small Jewish community has been met with wide support, they know that is not the case everywhere. 

The MADA Community Center's volunteer effort provides more than 650 families with fresh kosher meals for the Jewish day of rest every week.

Merkel noted that her visit comes amid rising anti-Semitism and historical revisionism and vowed that Germany would not tolerate anti-Semitism.

Sunday will mark one year since the deadliest attack on Jewish people in U.S. history.

The attack comes on the heels of the anniversary of an anti-Semitic attack that killed 11 at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue.