Florida home collapse death toll continues to rise

Florida home collapse death toll continues to rise

After the partial collapse of a twelve-story apartment building in the US state of Florida, the number of recovered fatalities has risen again. Two more victims were found in the rubble, said the mayor of Miami-Dade district, Daniella Levine Cava, on Wednesday evening (local time) at the accident site in Surfside near Miami. The number … Read more

“A film is like a plane ticket”

“A film is like a plane ticket”

Ms. Vinig, the film festivals “Seret” and “jfbb” showed “Entangled” on Sunday at the Jewish Museum Berlin, a feature film by the ultra-orthodox director Dina Perlstein from Israel. What was special about this event?Usually Dina Perlstein and other ultra-orthodox directors only show their films within the Charedic community. That a film that was produced explicitly … Read more

The rest of the world | Jewish general

The rest of the world |  Jewish general

Nothing for wimps! «Is written under the WhatsApp photo. Another show-off message from my brother in Israel, this time you can see the whole family dragging furniture at 40 degrees in the shade. A week ago they made Aliyah, and while I, the decadent little wimp, was paddling in front of me in the gray … Read more

Germany boycotts controversial anti-racism conference | Jewish general

Germany boycotts controversial anti-racism conference |  Jewish general

Germany is not participating in the controversial anti-racism conference of the United Nations (UN). “The federal government has decided not to take part in this year’s event on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the so-called Durban Conference,” said the Foreign Office on Saturday. The “Welt am Sonntag” had previously reported. durban IV The … Read more

Florida home collapse death toll rises to nine

Florida home collapse death toll continues to rise

After the partial collapse of a twelve-story apartment building in the US state of Florida, more fatalities were found in the rubble. The number of deaths had risen to nine, said the mayor of the Miami-Dade district, Daniella Levine Cava, on Sunday at the accident site in Surfside near Miami. Experts fear that the number … Read more

Historians: Dangerous Relativization of the Shoah | Jewish general

Historians: Dangerous Relativization of the Shoah |  Jewish general

In an interview with the news website t-online at the beginning of June regarding the war crimes of the Wehrmacht in occupied Greece, the German historian Hans A. Richter claimed that the then military administrator there, the lawyer Max Merten, had been stylized as a “war criminal of the very highest order”. Richter’s attempt to … Read more

One will win | Jewish general

One will win |  Jewish general

With 1.2 million Jewish residents in the inner city alone, New York City is one of the largest Jewish cities in the world. Accordingly, people in the 8.3 million metropolis are also looking at the voting and candidate behavior of Jewish New Yorkers. Because on June 22nd the primaries for the mayor’s post will take … Read more

Tutoring for teachers | Jewish general

Tutoring for teachers |  Jewish general

“You Jew” is an insult often heard in schoolyards. A Jewish sixth grader had to hear from a classmate in North Rhine-Westphalia: »It’s a shame that the Nazis are no longer there. Otherwise you’d be gassed long ago. ”The teacher present showed no reaction. At the end of an interreligious conversation, a Jewish pupil was … Read more

Newspapers from Germany and Europe are commenting on the formation of a new government

Newspapers from Germany and Europe are commenting on the formation of a new government

The French daily Le Figaro wrote on Friday about the formation of a government in Israel: »Eight parties with opposing convictions and only scant support have come together to knock Benjamin Netanyahu off his pedestal (…). Only this prime minister, record holder with the length of his term of office, was able to bring such … Read more

Murder Without Witnesses | Jewish general

Murder Without Witnesses |  Jewish general

The act and its course are more reminiscent of Chicago or Mexico City than of tranquil Zurich: On June 7, 2001, the almost 70-year-old Rabbi Abraham Grünbaum from Bnei Brak was shot on the street on the way to evening prayer on Hallwylplatz. The Shoah survivor is privately in Zurich. Residents in the Aussersihl quarter, … Read more