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What’s in a name? The false narrative of Kristallnacht
Jewish Journal
November 7, 2013
Two years ago, I was among a group of 24 young American Jews visiting a Protestant Church in Berlin to commemorate the anniversary of Kristallnacht. On that night, November 9, 1938, Nazi gangs destroyed thousands of synagogues and other Jewish-owned buildings across Germany, murdered dozens and sent hundreds more to concentration camps.
New Jewish generation grabs foothold in Berlin
Jewish Journal
March 31, 2010
Berlin is \”meshugge\” – a bit crazy – in the eyes of DJ Aviv Netter, an Israeli who hosts a monthly disco night titled Meshugge in the German capital.\n\nWomen dance to his music under flags bearing the Star of David and menorahs. \”I\’m kosher, kiss me,\” read their t-shirts.\n
Making sense of today’s Jewish Germany
Tom Freudenheim
March 9, 2007
With the fastest-growing Jewish community in Europe, Germany is both a somewhat comfortable haven for recently arrived Jews from the former Soviet Union, and a rather settled home for those Jews (mostly former displaced persons) who ended up there shortly after the war.
Europe Taking Action on Anti-Semitism
Abraham H. Foxman
May 6, 2004
Just after delegates from 55 nations convened at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on anti-Semitism in Berlin on April 28 and 29 is an appropriate time to take stock of Europe\’s progress in addressing the re-emergence of anti-Semitism as a potent threat.
The Arts
Sally Ogle Davis
March 26, 1998
What a peculiar piece of work is \”Bent.\” The film version ofMartin Sherman\’s play, first presented on the London stage in 1979,and later on Broadway, has taken almost 20 years to come to thescreen. It\’s not difficult to see why. Not only is it turgid stuff,with a paucity of unfilmable ideas, but in an industry that sometimesseems to specialize in specious history, it will be hard to matchthis one for irresponsibility.
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