Commemorative ceremonies in November Commemoration where the victims of the Holocaust lived. Commemoration using their names, faces and stories to bring each of them back to our eyes and minds and hearts and souls. November… Read More »Faces for the Names in November
No artist metamorphized himself more often than J. D. Kirszenbaum. These transformations were anything but a matter of choice. Rather, they were dictated by Kirszenbaum’s needs to survive. Survive artistically. And survive physically. It is… Read More »Survival through metamorphosis: J.D. Kirszenbaum
Toda raba to our dear friend Joel Dzodin for these photographs – each a revelation of the moments making up life in today’s Israel toda raba Terry
The horrors of the Holocaust have haunted me my entire life. Each day more than ever before. That is why I have dedicated a large part of my life to commemorating the victims with the… Read More »J.E.W.S. taking part in the WJC’s #WeRemember campaign
“Adon Olam” (‘King of the World” – song sung at the end of Shabbat services): sang to the tune of “You’ll be back” from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” – by the amazing cantor Azi Schwartz of New… Read More »The joys of Judaism: ten videos that will get your spirit – and your legs – dancing!
Centers of worship, community life and history: Europe’s Jewish synagogues “In your opinion, what’s the most beautiful synagogue in Europe?” Thanks for your responses to our – absolutely impossible – question. “Absolutely impossible” because –… Read More »The most beautiful synagogue in Europe – our list is here.
There is a great and growing need for rabbis and cantors in Germany. That’s thanks to the flourishing of Judaism in the country. A flourishing of Judaism: 26 reformed/liberal/progressive congregations form the Union of Progressive… Read More »The epicenter of progressive Judaism in Germany: The Abraham Geiger College in Potsdam
Dear great-grandmother, Last week, our family met per Zoom. Twenty of us – spread all throughout the USA and in Germany. All of us with successful and productive lives. All thanks to you. Thanks to… Read More »Letter to my great-grandmother Shimke
“The Ottolenghi effect: sweeping the world” reports the Good Food blog. The effect: the world is discovering and cooking– guided by Yotam’s seven cookbooks – a tasty old-new cuisine. Old, because Yotam, who was born… Read More »The most influential Jew in Europe…. is obviously Yotam Ottolenghi.
Shalom mispacha! There‘s been a lot of heated – and in my opinion – hysteric – talk about a rising wave of anti-Semitism in Germany. So I think it‘s time that we all take a cool-headed… Read More »Open letter to my fellow Jews in Germany