A new synagogue has opened in Magdeburg in eastern Germany on Sunday, some 85 years after it was destroyed in a pogrom. “The new synagogue stands for peaceful coexistence and pluralism,” said Saxony-Anhalt’s state premier Reiner Haseloff at a ceremony on Sunday. He said that Jewish life in the city will once again become more visible and tangible. The leader of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster, emphasised that it was a day of joy and pride. The new building, costing €7.6 million ($8.1 million), was built thanks to decades of effort by the city’s citizens who collected don…