Witnesses to Kristallnacht
Jane Ulman
November 6, 2014
On a Wednesday evening in late 1938, the sounds of broken glass shattered the quiet streets of Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland.
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Israeli emigration to Berlin: It makes sense
Jewish Journal
October 20, 2014
The uproar in Israel about the so-called “Milky” affair has two distinct aspects.
Yom Kippur in Nineveh or the teshuvah of Berlin
Jewish Journal
October 7, 2014
In Berlin’s Pergamon Museum, tourists gawk at Assyrian soldiers frozen in an alabaster relief, remnants from the ruins of Nineveh.
Israeli artist depicts pain of rootless Jews in Berlin exhibition
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2014
Moshe Gershuni\’s expressive, historically loaded art, which places symbols of the Holocaust in a religious setting and seeks to polarize opinion about current Israeli society, seems unlikely to reward the casual viewer.
Swedish University to archive Ravensbrück survivors’ stories
Tom Tugend
August 14, 2014
\”We arrived at the Ravensbrück concentration camp in October 1944, were led to a steam bath, and our hair was cut off.\”
German Jewish leader: Don’t be intimidated by anti-Semitic protests
Jewish Journal
July 21, 2014
Germany’s main Jewish leader called on Jews not to be intimidated by a recent spate of anti-Israel demonstrations featuring violently anti-Jewish slogans.
Anti-Semitic pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin spurs charges
Jewish Journal
July 18, 2014
Following a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin on Thursday at which participants chanted anti-Jewish slogans, the American Jewish Committee in Berlin has filed charges with police.
Getting to know Germany…up close
Jewish Journal
February 26, 2014
“So this is where they did it,” I think to myself. I’m in Berlin, headed to a hotel, and all I can think about is the Holocaust. A truck pulls in front of me. On the back is written “Schnell!” The exclamation point cues me in. It’s an ad. It wants me to hurry up and buy something. It is not ordering me to march or to dig.\n
Director who supports Israel boycott to be awarded at Berlin festival
Jewish Journal
February 12, 2014
A film director who backs boycotting Israeli artists is to receive the highest honorary award at the International Film Festival in Berlin.
Google apologizes for having Adolf Hitler Square on maps function
Jewish Journal
January 13, 2014
Google apologized for labeling a Berlin intersection as Adolf-Hitler-Platz, its Nazi-era name, on Google Maps.
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