Michael Levitin
By Michael Levitin
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Culture Jonathan Safran Foer To Release English Version of Haggadah
Jonathan Safran Foer will be releasing a new English version of the Passover Haggadah, the best-selling novelist recently confirmed, speaking to a packed German audience at the American Academy in Berlin’s lakeside villa on the outskirts of the capital. With more than 4,000 known versions of the book once or currently existing, the Haggadah—which tells…
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News Antisemitic Incidents Raise Fears in Germany
BERLIN — A recent soccer match in the German capital turned into an orgy of rioting and antisemitism, as a spate of anti-Jewish incidents is fueling fears that neo-Nazis are gaining a strong foothold in German politics and society. Three hundred rioters attacked security guards at an October 27 match between the Berlin team Hertha…
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News Antisemitic Incidents Spark Fears of Neo-Nazi Surge in Germany
BERLIN — After a spate of antisemitic episodes in the last two months, fears that neo-Nazis are gaining a strong foothold in German politics and society seemed confirmed with the release of an October 16 report showing that between January and August, right-wing extremists committed about 8,000 offenses — a 20% jump from last year…
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Culture Sephardic Culture Enjoys a Renaissance — in Spain
Forty-seven years ago, when Moroccan farming engineer Jacobo Israel Garzón immigrated north to Spain for work, he found a country fiercely opposed to discussion — at least a discussion with anything positive to say — about its Jewish past. “In 1959 there wasn’t a book about Jews in Spain that wasn’t antisemitic,” said Israel Garzón,…
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News German Crackdown on Neo-Nazis Does Little To Stall the Movement
BERLIN — In part of a nationwide crackdown on the growing neo-Nazi movement, Germany’s highest administrative court handed down a first-ever ruling this week classifying a neo-Nazi rock group as a criminal organization because its lyrics spread racial hatred. The decision came on the heels of a national controversy stirred up here last week, when…
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News Turkish Film Pulled by German Theaters
BERLIN — In Europe’s latest entanglement over free speech, German officials and Jewish leaders are calling for a ban on a Turkish action film that demonizes Americans and Jews. On Wednesday, Cinemaxx, Germany’s largest theater chain, was the first movie house to respond, announcing that it would strike the film from its program immediately. Following…
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Culture Berlin Wrestles With the Jewish Culture it Banished
Out of the rubble of the First World War emerged a mythic culture in Berlin: modern and erotic, brimming with arts and ideas; a city that attracted writers, actors, painters and musicians to its aura of progress and creativity. That’s half the picture. The other half is the Depression, National Socialism and antisemitism that hung…
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Culture They’re Laughing at Jews in Germany
Dani Levy has tussled gray hair and a sleepy-looking face. It’s a classic Jewish face: tan skin, round features and flashes of irony in his small, dark eyes. He’s wearing a sweater and trousers and scratching his head, choosing his words carefully. As he reclines on a sofa and sips mineral water at Café Bilderbuch…
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