Guest programmes – Jewish Cultural Centre Belgrade

Sephardic culture at Cervantes

It is with this event that we begin the cycle of lectures focused on the topic of the past and present of the past and the present of the Sephardic culture, with a particular emphasis on its influence in the Balkans. But, who are the Sephardic Jews indeed? Oftenly, the …

A Response to the Los Angeles Times Call for a Cease-Fire in Gaza November 29, 2023
This column was submitted to the Los Angeles Times by the author on Sunday, November 19 in response to the Times’ editorial two days earlier calling for a “cease-fire now.” The Times did not respond to the author. The post A Response to the Los Angeles Times Call for a Cease-Fire in Gaza appeared first […]
David Nimmer
The Abuse of the Term “Genocide” November 29, 2023
Why do we need lawyers if Holocaust and genocide historians can now also present legally complex facts that are subject to a certain burden of proof? The post The Abuse of the Term “Genocide” appeared first on Jewish Journal.
Verena Buser
A Pilgrimage to Family Roots November 29, 2023
The moving documentary "Fioretta" is the story of Randol and Joey Schoenberg’s journey to Vienna, Prague and Venice as they trace both sides of their family’s history way back into the 16th century. The post A Pilgrimage to Family Roots appeared first on Jewish Journal.
Michael Berenbaum

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The Fraenkelufer Synagogue in Kreuzberg is host to a growing community, spanning nationalities and denominations. Of the building itself, however, only a part remains, the rest having been destroyed by Nazis during Pogromnacht in 1938 and bombing in the early 1940s. But plans to rebuild it are currently in development.

We spoke to Dekel Peretz, the synagogue’s program director, and Raed Saleh, the leader of the Social Democrats (SPD) in Berlin’s Parliament. Saleh, who was born in Palestine before moving to Germany as a child, initiated the project to rebuild the synagogue, putting it simply that he thinks a country that rebuilds palaces should also rebuild synagogues. Full article: Fraenkenlufer >>>

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