Jewish Voice From Germany

08222017

EUROPE
- Grow up!
  
  America first? With a new era in transatlantic relations, the Old Continent needs to take its fate into its own hands and defend its own interests...
INNOVATION
- E-Mobility
  
  German engineers have plenty to offer when it comes to e-mobility – they better, as the aim is to have 1 million e-vehicles on the road by 2020…
Interview
- Bodo Ramelow
  
  Thuringia’s prime minister is “committed to the principles of the Torah as well as to a cosmopolitan understanding of Jewish life and culture”….
SUSTAINABILITY
- Recycle & Upcycle
  
  Everything has a value: How a corporation implements the principle of circular economy, thus protecting resources and saving raw materials…
FRANCE
- Bridging Gaps
  
  A call for political renewal: New government will be well advised to encourage the French to remember the positive sides of the Grande Nation…
ARTS&CULTURE
- Brotherhood
  
  “The Jewish symbol of the fig tree in the shade of which there is room for everyone, is our programmatic basis”…. Welcome to the ACHAVA festival…
RELIGION
- Thou shalt work
  
  “A man who lives from the labor of his hands is greater than the one who fears heaven.” Work is also an integral aspect of social justice, tzedakah…
Money
- Sustainably Successful
  
  Washington’s exit from the landmark Paris climate agreement is bound to have an effect on sustainable investments. What to look out for….
REMEMBRANCE
- Topf & Söhne
  
  At Erfurt, the former administrative building of the “builders of the Auschwitz ovens” is now a memorial center also engaging with current issues…
ARTS&CULTURE
- Spiritual Resistance
  
  “Our desire for culture equalled our desire for life…” Music helped preserve humanity under inhuman conditions in ghettos and concentration camps…

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Interview
Love and Imagination

“I am doing what Jewish people have done throughout their history – I tell stories“, says Israeli best-selling author Meir Shalev. In our exclusive interview, Shalev talks about his being in love with love, about his family’s tradition of storytelling and his favourite book. He explains why art should never be moralistic and why he will not turn the other cheek to the mole in his garden...
MIDDLE EAST
Qatar Conflict

The proclamation of Mohammed bin Salman as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is a sign of stability and determination in the Gulf region. The isolation of Qatar by Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Emirates is a strategic decision in favor of political moderation and against aggression. Qatar has long engaged in a policy of appeasement toward Iran and its allied terror organizations…
DESIGN
Bauhaus

Bauhaus, the art of aesthetic harmony, launched its global success almost a century ago. To this day, Bauhaus shapes our daily lives, our architecture, design and sense of style. Through its German-Jewish emigrants, Bauhaus dominates the urban landscape of the “White City” Tel Aviv. Let’s look at the very beginnings of the movement – almost 100 years ago in the small Thuringian town of Weimar…
ECONOMY
Allez la France

Reforms are urgently required – and resistance will be strong… Economic success will largely determine whether the new French president will be standing for election again in five years’ time. Macron’s economic and political latitude is far greater than that enjoyed by his predecessors but he will face opposition when it comes to financial und pension reforms and labor law amendments…
IN THE YEAR 1937
Shadow of Things to Come

A new fascinating exhibition at Berlin’s Märkisches Museum shows the “normality” of everyday life in the German capital under Nazi rule. Society has been transformed, the dictatorship already permeates all aspects of life, there is no escape from the consequences of the regime’s incessant propaganda. How did the 140 000 Jews in Berlin fare under the ever-more prevalent anti-Semitism?

70 years after the Shoah, Jewish life once again has a future in Germany. Since 2012, the English language JewishVoiceFromGermany has been bringing German-Jewish life in all its diversity to readers around the world. Israeli immigration to Berlin, art projects, and memorials are all included as well as travel reports, religious questions and Middle East politics. The JewishVoiceFromGermany draws from a panel of experts for in-depth articles on economics and the business climate in Germany, Europe, Israel and the U.S which also feature alongside insightful political commentaries tackling issues in Israel, Jewish German relations, and other events of global significance or which offer a peek into contemporary German and German-Jewish society. With tens of thousands of readers in North America, the founder and editor Rafael Seligmann has succeeded in building bridges from Berlin to Washington D.C., Toronto, Chicago, Haifa, New York, Sydney, London, San Francisco and beyond. The warm and positive reception received by the JewishVoiceFromGermany in the United Kingdom, America, Israel, and in German-speaking Europe shows that the JewishVoiceFromGermany is on the pulse of current events.

70 Jahre nach der Schoa hat das Judentum in Deutschland wieder eine Zukunft. Die englischsprachige „Jewish Voice from Germany“ vermittelt seit 2012 vier Mal jährlich ein Bild vom jüdischen Leben in seiner ganzen Vielfalt. Der Zuzug von Israelis nach Berlin, Kunstprojekte und Gedenkkultur sind dabei ebenso Themen wie Reiseberichte, religiöse Fragestellungen oder die deutsche Nahost-Politik. Dazu kommen Wirtschaftsanalysen und politische Kommentare, die Einblicke in die deutsche Gesellschaft geben. Mit zehntausenden Lesern in den USA gelingt dem Herausgeber Rafael Seligmann so ein transatlantischer Brückenschlag. Die große Resonanz in Nordamerika, Israel, Großbritannien und auch im deutschsprachigen Raum beweist: die „Jewish Voice from Germany“ ist am Puls der Zeit.

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