Watching Porn While Sitting Shiva
When Henrik Eger attended a shiva for the first time, he expected to find a family in mourning. Instead he found young Jews watching porn in the basement.
At 89, the Doyenne of Jewish Theater Reviews
This quickly written e-mail is classic Irene Backalenick, consumed by her search for well-written plays, memorable acting and script-faithful yet thought-provoking directing:
![Charlotte von Mahlsdorf collected the belongings of Jewish deportees during the Third Reich and made them part of her Gründerzeit Museum (pictured below). [click for larger view]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.forward.com/images/303x227/cimg0069-071510-1425717352.jpg)
Behind The Mask
When Jewish people got deported to labor and concentration camps during the Third Reich, one of Berlin’s most eccentric transvestites — Lothar Berfelde, known as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf — bought or collected up the belongings of Jewish deportees and made them part of his Gründerzeit Museum, which still exists today.
