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News Hazards of Dating While Jewish in Berlin
‘So you’re Jewish, right?” Tobias asked while we were watching an episode of “Real Housewives” on his couch. “Yup,” I responded. Even though this was our first date after meeting in a yoga class — he was the flexible, relaxed one; I was schvitzing and falling — I let a few more details slip because…
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Breaking News How Hollywood Played Nice With the Nazis
When one thinks of how Hollywood has related to the Nazis, among the first movies that come to mind are “Casablanca” and “The Great Dictator,” in which the America movie industry portrayed the Nazis and Adolf Hitler in particular in a critical manner. A new book being published in the United States claims, however, that…
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Culture Wagner Festival Confronts Controversial Past
On the occasion of the Bayreuth Festival the Grüner Hügel, or Green Hill, that is home to the Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus was littered with 500 multicolored “mini-Wagners” — garden-gnomelike figurines of the composer, hands raised as if ready to conduct. These cute statuettes share the hill with an outdoor exhibition, “Silenced Voices,” honoring 53 Jewish singers, musicians…
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Breaking News Germany Launches ‘Last Chance’ Hunt for Nazis
Video: Nate Lavey A “last chance” campaign to root out surviving Nazi war criminals and bring them to justice before they die will be launched next week in Germany, almost 70 years after the end of World War Two. Nazi-hunters have been encouraged by the prosecution last month in Hungary of 98-year-old Laszlo Csatary for…
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News How Anonymous 2001 Letter Shook Claims Conference to Foundations
A single, anonymous letter was the focus of attention as dozens of board members met in New York from around the world at the annual meeting of the organization responsible for allocating billions of dollars in Holocaust restitution funds. The 2001 letter, which warned of a fraud that went unheeded and that turned out almost…
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Breaking News American Jewish Committee Slams Turkish Immigrants in Germany for Israel Rhetoric
The Berlin branch of the American Jewish Committee is calling German authorities to investigate anti-Israel rhetoric that took place at a rally of Turkish immigrants in Düsseldorf. Chants of “Down with Israel” and “Israel be cursed” in Turkish were recited at Sunday’s demonstration, according to an AJC-Berlin press release. “We are horrified that supporters of…
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News Blistering Report Slams Claims Conference — Two Members Object to Findings
The organization responsible for allocating billions of dollars in Holocaust restitution must commit to “a comprehensive restructure of…its culture structures, administration, management and governance,” according to a blistering 80-page report to board members of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany obtained by the Forward. Two members of the four-man committee presenting the investigation…
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News Claims Conference at Crossroads as Fiery Meeting Looms for Holocaust Group
The annual board meeting of the organization responsible for allocating billions of dollars in Holocaust restitution money is a famously heated affair. But for Julius Berman, chairman of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, this year’s conference promises to be one of the most contentious; indeed, it may turn out to be one…
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