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Volkswagen Funds ADL Office In Germany For Combating Anti-Semitism
The venture will open an ADL office in Berlin, the first ADL presence in Europe in more than a decadehttps://www.jta.org/quick-reads/volkswagen-f
Volkswagen Can Change Its Language — But Not Its History
Volkswagen has announced that it is changing its official language to English to attract job candidates. But it can’t do much about its fraught history.
Of Tattoos, Fords, Volkswagens and Arthur Godfrey
Once upon a time, Jewish Americans would never buy a Ford or a Volkswagen or get a tattoo. Things are different now. And, as Neal Gabler contemplates his daughter’s VW, he tries to figure out why.
Volkswagen Taps Jewish Star Trek Stars
Volkswagen has recruited both the stars of the original “Star Trek” series to plug its new car, the e-Golf, in the United States.
Remembering Julian Koenig, the Jewish Ad Man Who Created Beetle-Mania
Julien Koenig, who has died at 93, created the ad campaign for the VW Beetle and invented Earth Day. Benjamin Ivry recounts the Jewish history of a real-life Mad Man.
BDS Goes Mainstream; Jew Behind the Bug
Staffers discuss how the BDS movement hopes to go mainstream, the Jewish engineer behind the Bug and the failing health of a 101-year old Orthodox rabbi.
The Jew and Hitler's Bug
Volkswagen produced the Beetle in answer to Hitler’s call for a car for the German masses. A new book says the iconic vehicle was the brainchild of a Jewish engineer.