Outcry as Jews create own group in German far-right party

BERLIN (AP) — Jewish members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, have met in the southwestern German city of Wiesbaden to create a Jewish section within the party — a move that drew strong condemnation from other Jews.
Media reported that 19 people joined the new “Jews in the AfD” group Sunday.
Seventeen Jewish organizations put out a joint statement this week saying, “the AfD is a party in which anti-Semitism … and the denial of the Shoah