The Torah teaches that the world was created through the speaking of G-d. So it says at the beginning of the creation story: »Gdsaid: Let there be light. And there was light ”(Genesis 1: 3). In the morning prayer it is said: “Praise be to the one who spoke and the world came into being.” … Read more
As head of the World Bank, he campaigned for the fight against poverty and corruption and campaigned for minorities and human rights. James Wolfensohn, who headed the international organization for ten years over the turn of the millennium, has now died at the age of 86. The former World Bank president died on Wednesday in … Read more
The University of Cologne and the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem want to prepare teachers for anti-Semitism education together. To commemorate the November pogroms, the partners will sign a corresponding cooperation agreement in a digital ceremony next Wednesday, as announced by the Cologne University of Applied Sciences. The collaboration extends an existing project in … Read more
Cologne The Cologne synagogue community has elected a new board. As before, it includes Abraham Lehrer, Bettina Levy, Michael Rado and Felix Schotland. The chairman of the community council, Michael Licht, was re-elected. and Darmstadt Daniel Neumann has been confirmed as chairman of the Darmstadt Jewish Community. The 46-year-old lawyer, who works full-time as director … Read more
Five percent of the vote is more than the difference that US presidential election candidates usually use to win Florida. For decades, the 29 electors have been awarded the winner here with significantly smaller intervals; most recently in 2016 with less than one percent. Which explains why Donald Trump has targeted the 650,000 or so … Read more
This time the German Human Rights Film Award goes to the Syrian-British documentary in the feature film category For Sama by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts. Satire has received two awards Masel Tov Cocktail by Arkadij Khaet and Mickey Paatszch in the university and education categories, as the organizers announced on Monday evening in Nuremberg. … Read more