Yom Kippur synagogue attacker goes on trial in Germany

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — A German man goes on trial Tuesday for a Yom Kippur attack on a synagogue that is considered one of the worst anti-Semitic assaults in the country’s post-war history. The trial comes at a time when anti-Semitic crimes have reached their highest level since Germany started tracking such crimes in 2001, amid an overall increase in right-wing extremist criminality. Stephan Balliet, 28, posted an anti-Semitic screed before…