Tag: Judaism
Switzerland: Shock over attack on Orthodox Jews – politics
The man was on his way to see his wife and children. But the Jewish-Orthodox father didn’t arrive at the apartment in the Selnau district of Zurich that Saturday evening.…
Judaism in Germany: Good Jew, Bad Jew
The writer Deborah Feldman and others pour scorn and ridicule on Jewish people in Germany. That shows little knowledge of history – and little heart. source site
Jewish family saga: C. Bernd Sucher presents his novel – Munich
His own family history, especially the life of his grandmother, inspired C. Bernd Sucher to write a novel: “Rahel’s Journey” (Secession Verlag). That Rahel was 83 years old when she…
Munich: With a hidden Star of David to the university – Munich
On January 31st, a Wednesday, around 11 a.m., members and supporters of the “Unicommittee for Palestine Munich” (UKP) gathered on the Zwilling-Scholl-Platz in front of the main building of the…
Voices on the death of Bernhard Purin – Munich
The sudden death of Bernhard Purin, director of the Jewish Museum in Munich, caused consternation among friends and companions. The Austrian-born man was popular and appreciated across cultural and political…
A special Munich novel: Elisabeth Bronfen’s “Dealer of Secrets” – Munich
The renowned literary scholar Elisabeth Bronfen has published her first novel, which has a lot to do with her childhood in post-war Munich. An exciting book about family secrets, Nazi…
Eklat Hannah Arendt reading: Authoritarian, aggressive and anti-Semitic – culture
At the weekend, the Cuban artist Tania Bruguera invited people to a hundred-hour reading from Hannah Arendt’s main work “Elements and Origins of Total Domination” in Berlin. A productive text…
Israel studies are missing at German universities – culture
It’s no wonder that teachers are overwhelmed when it comes to the topic of the Middle East conflict: the state of Israel is hardly taught at German universities. It’s time…
Big ceremony for Rachel Salamander – Munich
Else Lasker student, Rose Auslander, Nelly Sachs, Hilde Domin and the Berlin salonnière Rahel Varnhagen, whose circle also included Dorothea Schlegel, Moses Mendelssohn’s daughter. They all shouldn’t be missed this…
What’s wrong in the German debate about Judaism and anti-Semitism – Munich
Dana Vowinckel, Michel Friedman and Lena Gorelik demonstrate in the Literaturhaus what is going wrong in the German debate about Judaism and anti-Semitism. This question is asked again and again:…