Russian Kitchen Yiddishkeit in Germany
Jewish culture between interdependences and uniqueness
Jewish cultural life in Germany appears to be sealed off. Memorials and speeches, police controls and klezmer music festivals; Jewish life in Germany takes place behind security checks and [...]
Hitting Home in Berlin
Ben Jaimen perks up his Berlin audience
A sensitive young Jewish artist entertains more than half a million Berliners with his music, playing at the Brandenburg Gate – not so long ago, Jews and Germans alike might have had trouble imagining that [...]
PIECES FOR PEACE
A Mosaic of a Universal Dream
Hands joined across the globe, a house inhabited by people from all continents: Peace comes in many shapes and colours. Tsipi Ben- Haim, head of City Arts and its program “Pieces for Peace” has made the [...]
Keeping Memory Alive
Volkswagen Trainees help in preserving the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site
Only a few German enterprises have worked as thoroughly as the Volkswagen Corporation to research and document their involvement in Nazi Germany. Corporate headquarters [...]
Pesach: The Story of Stories
The seder service on pesach is the oldest surviving ritual in the Western world, dating back some 3,300 years to the night, possibly in the reign of Ramses II, when the Israelites ate their last meal in Egypt, preparing for their journey to freedom. Certain features still [...]