Orit Arfa
Santa Monica artist part of ‘Golem’ revival in Berlin
November 30, 2016
Urban legend has it that a golem lived in the Weissensee Cemetery in Berlin during the Nazi era, protecting the Jewish landmark from destruction while Jews successfully hid among its tombstones.
Team Trump pulls tense Jerusalem all-nighter
November 11, 2016
An hour before the initial election results came in, attorney Marc Zell, co-chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel, took out a chart of American states and crunched numbers.
Israeli Yehuda Poliker brings Greek-infused music to UCLA
November 2, 2016
Yehuda Poliker was born in a Haifa, Israel, suburb two years after the founding of the State of Israel, to Greek Jews who survived the deportation from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz.
Modern Orthodox Jewish life blossoms in Berlin
September 29, 2016
A few years ago, Yael Merlini wasn’t sure she and her family could stay in Germany. Her children, ages 7, 11 and 15, were the only Jews in their school in Giessen, a town near Frankfurt.
The rise of Germany’s new right-wing party
August 31, 2016
Germans are following the Trump-Clinton showdown in the United States with interest, especially as Donald Trump has denigrated Hillary Clinton as “America’s Merkel,” saying Clinton would open U.S. borders to scores of Syrian refugees, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel did last September.
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