Exhibition honors Jewish athletes | Jewish General

Exhibition honors Jewish athletes | Jewish General

An exhibition in Magdeburg shows Jewish sports stars before 1933 and after. The show under the title “Between Success and Persecution” will open on October 8th on Cathedral Square, as the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, co-organizer, announced on Thursday in Magdeburg. She wants to use large-format sculptural presentations to show the large role that Jewish athletes … Read more

Should Bavaria pay back Corona fines already paid?

Should Bavaria pay back Corona fines already paid?

AND Martin Hagen, Chairman of the FDP Bavaria Markus Söder has announced that he will stop all open fine proceedings in connection with Corona regulations. “We want peace now,” said the Prime Minister. A late admission that he has completely overstepped his bounds during the pandemic? We remember: Citizens were no longer allowed to leave … Read more

Birthday as a hostage again? | Jewish General

Birthday as a hostage again? | Jewish General

It won’t be long now before it will be his second birthday in captivity. On November 11, Alexander Sasha Trupanov will be 30 years old. He had to spend the 29th in the hands of Hamas in Gaza. His friends from the university where he had completed his studies in electrical engineering a year earlier … Read more

Bern municipal council open to seven instead of five seats

Bern municipal council open to seven instead of five seats

City of Bern | 25 September 2024 The Bern municipal council is open to expanding the city government from five to seven seats. This is made clear in its response to an urgent inter-party motion. The Bern municipal council currently consists of five members. In the future, there could be seven again.Photo: Keystone In his … Read more

“Education helps”: Nuremberg association against anti-Semitism

“Education helps”: Nuremberg association against anti-Semitism

For 25 years they have wanted to make Jewish life in Nuremberg visible: The Forum for Jewish History and Culture. Jewish activist Lena Prytula spoke at the ceremony in Nuremberg City Hall. She reported on her everyday life and the ongoing hatred of Jews, which has increased significantly in Germany since the Hamas terror attack … Read more

Antofagasta will celebrate the Day of Music and Chilean Musicians with the musical circuit “Waki: Music Station”

Antofagasta will celebrate the Day of Music and Chilean Musicians with the musical circuit “Waki: Music Station”

The initiative will bring together various platforms that work with creators with the aim of strengthening and promoting local creation and dissemination, an opportunity that will allow bands and soloists to perform in various spaces in the Antofagasta commune, but also and especially in Taltal. Around 50 local creators, including bands and soloists, will bring … Read more

Brandenburg votes | Jewish General

Brandenburg votes | Jewish General

In Brandenburg, voters are deciding today on the future balance of power in the state parliament. The polling stations opened at 8 a.m. this morning. Around 2.1 million people in the eastern German state can take part. The main focus is on how the AfD will perform. In recent polls, the AfD was just ahead … Read more

Massive disruptions during lecture by 79-year-old Israeli woman

Massive disruptions during lecture by 79-year-old Israeli woman

A 79-year-old woman from the kibbutz movement in Israel was massively disrupted by anti-Israel activists during a lecture in Hanover. According to the ver.di union on Friday, the group had unexpectedly appeared in the lecture hall the evening before. They disrupted the event with shouts, video recordings, insults and loud music. The police eventually had … Read more

Preserving Creation | Jewish General

Preserving Creation | Jewish General

The summer of 2024 was the hottest in the world since records began. Reduced crop yields, heat waves and the current floods are once again clearly demonstrating the effects of climate change in Germany this year. Global warming is making once-in-a-century floods like those we are currently seeing in Poland and Austria more and more … Read more

Guest article by bestselling author John Niven – Culture

Guest article by bestselling author John Niven – Culture

Do you become right-wing because you’re terrible? Or terrible because you’re right-wing? A participant observation by bestselling author John Niven. Location: a parking lot in London. div:not([style*=’display: none’])){margin-bottom:60px;margin-top:60px;}}]]> div:not([style*=’display: none’]))::before{content:none;}@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.css-3irfzv{margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;}}@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.css-3irfzv{margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}}@media screen and (min-width: 1000px){.css-3irfzv{margin-left:-180px;width:1000px;}.css-3irfzv:has(> div:not([style*=’display: none’])){margin-bottom:60px;margin-top:60px;}}]]> div:not([style*=’display: none’]))::before{content:none;}@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.css-1h17jzc{margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;}}@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.css-1h17jzc{display:block;}}@media screen … Read more