A Look at Jewish Germany
Wendy Belzberg
March 16, 2000
Throughout the nation you will find hundreds of fascinating memorials remembering victims, as well as Jewish sites both old and new.
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Struggling with His Family’s Nazi Past
Naomi Pfefferman
January 13, 2000
For much of his life, Axel Köster says, he has struggled with his legacy; his shame about being German; his love for relatives who perhaps supported atrocities.
Rich Israeli, Poor Israeli
Larry Derfner
December 16, 1999
For all the recent hubbub over the worsening lot of Israel\’s poor, and the growing criticism of Prime Minister Ehud Barak\’s born-again Reaganite economic policies, it should be understood that in many key misery indices, Israel isn\’t doing too badly.
Out of the Dustbin
Toby Axelrod, JTA
November 11, 1999
These people are among the tens of thousands of Jews who, instead of going to Israel, caught the wave of freedom that swept the former Soviet Union after the fall of communism and rode it into the land they always associated with Hitler and death camps.
Never Forget
Jewish Journal
November 4, 1999
During the night of November 9, 1938-the so-called \”Kristallnacht\”–when synagogues and Jewish businesses throughout Germany were destroyed– Nazi forces also tried to set fire to Berlin\’s New Synagogue.
Outsiders
Jewish Journal
August 5, 1999
Are we destined always to play the role of history\’s outsiders? I am reminded of that question after reading the story about Ignatz Bubis, 72, who is president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (see page 12), a legislative body that represents all of Germany\’s Jews.
‘The Danger Is Still Great Here’
Toby Axelrod, JTA
August 5, 1999
The man whom many call the conscience of Germany has announced that he has failed.
Berlin’s Jewish Museum
Toby Axelrod, JTA
June 3, 1999
Michael Cullen wants people to search their attics and basements for documents, photos, paintings, you name it — photocopies are acceptable. If something is valuable, like a painting, the museum will consider purchasing it.
Making It: Max Frankel and Henry Kissinger
Jewish Journal
March 25, 1999
I have been reading two books lately, sort of shifting from one to the other — a bad habit, I know, but it has been with me too long to correct at this point.
Pesach on the Autobahn
Marvin J. Wolf
March 25, 1999
It was nearly midnight when Louis Roth\’s seder ended and we packed ourselves into my old Bug. My wife, Kyongcha, rode shotgun; Steve, my 12-year-old brother, shared the cramped back seat with a case of matzo and boxes of kosher-for-Passover canned goods from the chaplain\’s office. It was enough to supply each of the seven Jews in my U.S. Army signal battalion.
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