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0 Communities Culture

Our Backs Will Touch: Similarities between Hasidim and German Jewish Hirschians

Yisrael Kashkin in Lehrhaus · 24 Feb

Yisrael Kashkin explores the perceived cultural and religious dichotomy between Hasidim and German Jewish Hirschians, demonstrating how these two seemingly opposite Jewish communities share more similarities than typically acknowledged.

0 Antisemitism History

German anti-Zionist group's plan to protest at Buchenwald memorial over kaffiyeh ban sparks outrage

Grace Gilson in Forward · 24 Feb

A German anti-Zionist group's intent to protest at the Buchenwald memorial against a ban on pro-Palestinian symbols, like the kaffiyeh, has sparked widespread outrage.

0 Culture Language

A podcast about disappearance – and Yiddish life

Luise Fakler in Forward · 11 Feb

"I Think I Saw You (Right When You Disappeared)" is a podcast exploring the theme of disappearance through interviews with participants of the Yiddish youth camp, Generation J. This podcast, led by Eyal Davidovitch, an interdisciplinary artist based in Berlin, delves into personal narratives that intertwine with the history and culture of Yiddish.

0 Music History

How hundreds of forgotten klezmer tunes have been rescued from oblivion

Jon Kalish in Forward · 23 Dec 2025

An extensive collection of over 1,000 historic klezmer tunes, long dormant in Kyiv's Vernadsky National Library, has been revitalized by the Klezmer Institute through the Kiselgof-Makonovetsky Digital Manuscript Project.

0 Antisemitism Holocaust

How Germany's Holocaust remembrance culture kicked off a democratic crisis

Jake Wasserman in Forward · 30 Oct 2025

Walking through Weimar, Germany, exemplifies the nation's Erinnerungskultur, or memory culture, which centers on commemorating Holocaust victims through Stolpersteine and other memorials.

0 Politics Culture

The “Rager in Raanana” Edition

Promised Podcast · 8 May 2025

The episode delves into the complexities of the Israeli government's new IDF operation in Gaza and the repercussions of a violent protest against a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day event in Ra'anana.