North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

She was teenage runaway, a German rock star and Berlin leading lady — now she’s playing Leonard Bernstein

PJ Grisar in Forward · 13 Mar 2025

Helen Schneider, an American-born, German-based artist, is portraying Leonard Bernstein in Peter Danish's new play "Last Call," premiering Off-Broadway.

0 Politics History

As Trump targets Zelenskyy, a frightening reminder of taxes Nazis and Romans levied on Jews

Aviya Kushner in Forward · 4 Mar 2025

Aviya Kushner draws attention to how history repeats itself through the lens of current political events involving Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, paralleling them with historical oppressions faced by Jews.

0 Politics Antisemitism

I'm a Jew from Germany and I fear the AfD's triumph is only the beginning

Mia Faye Kreindler in Forward · 24 Feb 2025

Mia Faye Kreindler expresses her deep concern over the electoral success of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has become the second largest party in the German parliament.

0 Politics Antisemitism

I'm a Jew from Germany and I fear the AfD's triumph is only the beginning

Mia Faye Kreindler in Forward · 24 Feb 2025

Mia Faye Kreindler expresses her deep concern over the electoral success of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has become the second largest party in the German parliament.

0 Israel Culture

It's our Jewish responsibility to see the full picture when it comes to Israel. We're failing.

Jeremy Kalmanofsky in Forward · 19 Feb 2025

Jeremy Kalmanofsky explores the multifaceted perspectives regarding Israel among Jews, emphasizing the importance of viewing Israel's realities with both eyes open.

0 Communities Jewish Law

Death & Community: Jewish Burial Societies

Adventures in Jewish Studies · 22 Jan 2025

Jewish burial societies, known as Hevra Kadisha, play a critical role in observing traditional Jewish rites related to death, ensuring the deceased are respectfully prepared and comfort is provided to mourners.

0 History Antisemitism

In Praise of Germany’s Flawed ‘Culture of Remembrance’

Megan Naftali in Moment · 21 Jan 2025

Germany's postwar generation became a global model for dealing with the past, confronting the nation's Nazi history through a powerful remembrance movement that unraveled familial and national denial.

0 History Antisemitism

In Praise of Germany’s Flawed ‘Culture of Remembrance’

Megan Naftali in Moment · 21 Jan 2025

Germany's postwar generation became a global model for dealing with the past, confronting the nation's Nazi history through a powerful remembrance movement that unraveled familial and national denial.

0 Literature Philosophy

“I’m Eighty-Five Years Old, Bubba’leh”

Ariel Horowitz in Jewish Review of Books · 15 Jan 2025

In a reflective narrative, Mordechai Yavin-Jesselson—a respected academic, rabbi, and writer—contemplates his life after the death of his wife, Paulina, and his son, Josh.

0 Antisemitism Sports

Keep Antisemitism Off Our Pitches

Tel Aviv Review · 18 Nov 2024

Daniel Lörcher, founder of 'What Matters', discusses the challenge of antisemitism in soccer and the broader role the sport can play in promoting tolerance and pluralism.

0 Politics Jewish Law

The “Violence, Here & There” Edition

Promised Podcast · 14 Nov 2024

In this episode, the hosts discuss recent Israeli military actions in northern Gaza, examining the implications and ethics of these operations amid accusations of ethnic cleansing.

0 Politics Jewish Law

The “Violence, Here & There” Edition

Promised Podcast · 14 Nov 2024

In this episode, the hosts discuss recent Israeli military actions in northern Gaza, examining the implications and ethics of these operations amid accusations of ethnic cleansing.

0 History Holocaust

A survivor kept the key from a German synagogue destroyed on Kristallnacht. 86 years later, the relic is returning home.

Jacob Gurvis in JTA · 10 Nov 2024

In a powerful gesture of remembrance and historical continuity, the key to a synagogue in Bielefeld, Germany, destroyed during Kristallnacht in 1938, has been returned to its original community 86 years later.

0 Holocaust Culture

Why writer Marsha Lederman, daughter of Holocaust survivors, feels 'less alone' on Yom HaShoah

TMDS in Not That Kind of Rabbi · 6 May 2024

Marsha Lederman shares her experience as the daughter of Holocaust survivors, highlighting how Yom HaShoah offers a unique sense of community and solidarity amidst her lifelong concern for potential catastrophe.

0 Jewish Law History

For decades, a Jewish family has sought the return of their beloved painting — can the Supreme Court make that happen?

Forward · 17 Jan 2022

The protracted legal battle over a Nazi-looted painting by Camille Pissarro, valued at over $30 million, takes a pivotal turn as it reaches the United States Supreme Court.

0 Antisemitism Politics

Community | The IHRA definition isn’t perfect. But its critics aren’t making things better.

Forward · 6 Apr 2021

Mark Goldfeder critiques the efforts of the Nexus Task Force in proposing a replacement for the established IHRA definition of antisemitism.

0 History Art

At 95, The Heroes Of The Ghost Army Relive The Battles Of WWII

PJ Grisar in Forward · 6 Jun 2019

Bernard Bluestein and Seymour Nussenbaum were members of the 603rd Camouflage Engineers, part of the "Ghost Army" during WWII.

0 Holocaust Gender/Identity

Fredy Hirsch’s Lover

Anna Hájková in Tablet · 2 May 2019

Fredy Hirsch, a gay Zionist youth leader, and his partner Jan Mautner, a medical student, lived in Czechoslovakia and were vital figures among Jewish communities during the Holocaust.

0 Holocaust History

88-Year-Old Former SS Soldier Charged With French Village Massacre

Forward · 9 Jan 2014

An 88-year-old former Waffen SS soldier has been charged by German prosecutors for his alleged involvement in the 1944 massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane, France, where 642 villagers, including 207 children, were killed.

0 Literature Culture

Jacob Wallenstein Is the Greatest Science-Fiction Writer to Never Have Lived

Matthew Fishbane in Tablet · 16 Oct 2013

Shay Azoulay's cleverly devised hoax, involving a fictional science fiction writer named Jacob Wallenstein, is both a tribute to and a commentary on the science fiction genre in Israel.

0 Music Holocaust

Conductor Brings Forbidden Music to New Audiences

Forward · 5 Nov 2004

Conductor James Conlon is dedicated to reviving compositions suppressed by the Nazis, showcasing scores that were once banned or forgotten due to racial and political biases.

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