Tracing family roots in Germany
By CARLA WALDEMAR I’m back in the land of my roots. My mother’s kin hailed from Germany way back when, ...
Tag: Germany
Revisiting the horrors of Dachau
By MICHAEL APPLEMAN Why did I visit Dachau three times? The response is clear: It has been a profound, instructive, ...
Editorial: More from my European vacation
The page one story in the August edition, “Berlin today,” was posted on the Jewish World website, with some additional ...
Berlin today
The “Jewish Memorial Sculpture” was created by Will Lammert just prior to his death in 1957. Incomplete, the group of ...
Direct from Los Angeles, Cantor Ben Tisser
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Ben Tisser, the new cantor at Beth El Synagogue, knew from a very early age that the ...
Sabina Zimering, Shoah survivor, doctor and educator, dies
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor The Polish girl who narrowly escaped death multiple times during the Shoah went on ...
A Latin American Jewish family saga
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Ellis Island tends to dominate thinking about Jews’ immigration to America. But there’s another America. Who ...
Seeking safety on trains
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Otto Silbermann’s unusual flight from Nazi pursuit ends in a way too unexpected to reveal. Otto ...
How the Nazis took over Germany
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Even the Nazis were surprised at how quickly and easily they took over Germany. In Hitler’s ...
His comedy mocks Germany’s history with Jews. After his TV show was canceled, he’s thinking about leaving the country.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — Shahak Shapira was 14 when he moved with his mother and brother from Petach Tikvah in ...
