For many, Lag BaOmer in Meron should be the first big celebration after the long corona pandemic. It ended in a catastrophe: 45 people are dead. The grief over this has welded the country together. It was touching to see how much humanity was expressed, how people practiced solidarity and donated blood, for example. Secular … Read more
TierResearchers at Tel Aviv University made an extraordinary discovery: They found a species of sea squirt (Ascidiae or Ascidicea) in the Gulf of Eilat, which can regrow all organs in its body – even if it is divided into three parts. The study was led by Noa Shenkar, Dorothee Huchon-Pupko and Tal Gordon from the … Read more
“I want to stay and rest here for a few days; I like the city and the people. (…) The whole thing has a look of bonhommie and wealth everywhere that is very cozy. (…) Graz is one of the most beautiful large areas that I have seen so far; the mountains all around give … Read more
Daniel donskoy is the broadcast in WDR Friday night Jews host. “I am proud and in awe of the task that lies ahead of me,” the actor wrote on Instagram. It is a “blatant task that I face with a broad chest.” Because something has to happen in this country. We must finally start aiming … Read more
Status: 02/24/2021 12:47 p.m. This year the whole country will commemorate 1,700 years of Jewish life in Germany. Daniela Remus spoke to members of the Jewish community in Hamburg. by Daniela Remus The festive year 1,700 years of Jewish life in Germany has been running throughout Germany since February 22nd. Around 1,000 events will take … Read more
“I’ll look you in the eye, little one.” If a television report on cinema history already includes a quote from the classic Casablanca begins, which has been quoted so often in the last few decades that you can actually no longer hear it, this does not bode well for what is to come. In the … Read more
There are more Jews living in New York today than there were ten years ago. That is the result of a study by the United Jewish Appeal Federation in New York. According to the survey, there were around 1.41 million Jews in New York in 2002, compared to 1.54 million in 2011. In household terms: … Read more
It continues with saving the world – for the fifth year in a row. The Israeli organization TiME (This is My Earth) bought two pieces of land abroad last year to save threatened species from extinction. These include two species of monkeys, several species of birds and plants. One area is in Brazil, the other … Read more
The Talmud tells of how Rabbi Meir used to scoff at sinners (Kiddushin 81a). One day Satan appeared to him as a woman on the other side of the river, and since there was no ferry to cross, he grabbed the dock line and walked over. When he reached the middle, that one (Satan) left … Read more
In 2021, Jewish life in Germany has been proven to have existed for 1,700 years. With the poster campaign “# or: Jewish and Christian – closer than you think”, the Protestant and Catholic Churches want to show similarities between Jews and Christians in festivals and religious life – and take a clear stand against increasing … Read more