Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center gives astounding insights into the German-Israel-Jewish relationship, some of which are worrying. Germany’s insistence on trading ties with Iran, its increased funding to UNRWA, the overlooking anti-Semitism of the Left, and Holocaust memorialization are just some of the issues discussed.
Germany’s Free Democrats’ attempt to curb anti-Israel voting patterns fail in the Bundestag, but does it reflect the true opinions of parliament members, and will the right-wing party’s positive support of Israel change the Jewish community’s attitudes towards it?
What explains Germany’s inconsistent efforts in rooting out terrorists from its midst?
In 1984, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem established the Carl Melchior Chair for International Policy, but mostly, people have hardly heard of him. If only the Museum would hold true to its name and dedicate more of its resources to such important German-Jewish figures instead of politicized, interfaith exhibitions, then perhaps the legacy of people like Melchior would be more justly redeemed.
Of her time in the European hot spot, Cohen said, “First of all, I felt the presence of Israelis in Berlin who had true open minds. And I know there was a movement of Israelis for many years to Berlin, and it fascinated me to see that the flower that blossomed out of the crack of the war was coming back to meet its root. I found that so beautiful.”
Ambassador Richard Grenell’s visit to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles is featured ain the Jewish Journal’s “Movers and Shakers” section.
It took Trump’s election for Hollywood players to pay attention to Nattiv’s film. The short quickly became a darling of the film festival circuit, and Nattiv became a darling of the Israeli film scene.
Israeli women who find the husband market dwindling as they reach 35 are increasingly turning to sperm banks for that ‘other half’
A 34-page January report detailed the personnel and activities of 10 BDS-affiliated organizations that collectively received about 5 million euros from the E.U. in some form in the last year.
Orit’s defense of Ambassador Richard Grenell from vicious attacks by the German paper Spiegel has appeared in German in Jüdische Rundschau.
On the heels of several polls alerting to an alarming rise in anti-Semitism, German Chancellor Angela Merkel led the signing of a compact to facilitate migration to Europe. But what does it mean for a European Jewish population that already feels vulnerable?
Die jüdische Mutter Diana Feldmann berichtet exklusiv über den Mord an ihrer Tochter Susanna durch einen illegalen Migranten aus dem Irak und die verheerenden Folgen für ihre Familie.
Orit valorously comes to the defense of America’s great Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell.
EXCLUSIVE! Diana Feldmann, a Jewish mother in Germany, speaks out about her teenage daughter’s brutal death at the hands of an illegal Iraqi migrant and the devastating effects on her family–and her adopted country, Germany.
Uwe Becker strays from the party line of the Merkel government in recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and approving of US sanctions on Iran.
Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs leads critique of German government’s Israel policies at largest pro-Israel conference in Europe.
“Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are getting blurred, but they are two sides of the same coin,” said the Austrian leader, noting his country’s laden past regarding European Jewry. “We can’t undo history, but we can do justice to our history.”
Orit’s article on the founding of the “Jews in the AfD” faction has been translated to German for Jüdische Rundschau, Germany’s independent Jewish monthly: Mitglieder der JAfD sehen in der Partei einen Verbündeten zur Bekämpfung des importierten Antisemitismus.
Orit gladly takes a break from politics and publishes an article on social egg freezing in the 2018 Winter edition of “MUM” magazine.
Orit is interviewed on the political talk show, Riklin & Segel, on Channel 20 about the slow fall of Merkel.
Angela Merkel lost her mandate as the party’s leader, in large part due to handling of the refugee crisis, and will not seek the chairmanship at the party’s conference in December.
Jews return en-masse to the once Jewish-Greek city of Thessaloniki, but only as tourists
“It was once a given that the German audience would want to read Hebrew literature – that is no longer so. Due to Israeli politics, a saturation of books on the Shoah and Israel, the interest level is now diminished.”
On October 11, Kanye West devastated the mainstream media when he professed his love for President Donald Trump. Just two days before, another event of equal devastation took place in Germany: German Jews professed their love for Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), which the German mainstream media has long peddled as a neo-Nazi party much in the …
And here I am, ready to give him the answer as to why I left Israel for Berlin: Ari, your death is the answer.
Last year, Orit went on a Nazi-hunt at an AfD victory party in Munich. AfD, after all, is supposed to be Germany’s neo-Nazi party. She didn’t find Nazis there, but it seems the AfD hid their Naziness to recruit Jews! Talk about diabolical! (Click above for the English subtitled version.)
He himself has traveled to Israel more times than he can count and calls Jerusalem “one of the most fascinating cities in the world.” But he has also enjoyed Israel for its less controversial claims to fame: its food.
Since its founding in 2013 as a Euro-skeptic party, the AfD has been criticized by the mainstream German Jewish community over concerns of its views on Muslim migrants and country’s Nazi past. Yet Jewish supporters see the opposite. “I prefer to be part of a party that wants to help living Jews, not dead Jews,” said one Jewish supporter.
For the independent German-Jewish monthly, Orit interviews US Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, at the American Embassy on his attitudes towards Iran, Israel, and antisemitism.
Falafel is supposed to represent a universal symbol of peace—the oily bond between Muslims and Jews, even as the Middle East fries in violence. But in Berlin, it has become a cause for concern.
In Mainz, a German city where a Jewish schoolgirl was recently murdered, attempts are underway to recognize its former Jewish glory.
Despite the offensive Polish Holocaust law, Israelis living in Warsaw seek opportunity – and understanding.
Some German federal states, cities, institutions and politicians have put word to action, and Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt have barred BDS-affiliates from receiving municipal funding and space. Nevertheless, anti-BDS activists say a country that should know better still has a long way to go.
Feldmann has become somewhat of a martyr among critics of Merkel’s immigration policy, and her murder has thrown German politics into disarray as debates over the migrant crisis threaten the governing power of Merkel and her Christian Democratic Union party (CDU).
The success of both couples can be attributed to their personal warmth, openness, non-judgmental attitudes—and, of course, home-cooked Shabbat and holiday meals.
Germany’s embarrassing performance and “Erdogate” reflect the split in Germany regarding how the government handles citizens of Turkish descent and a new Muslim population who may not be loyal to modern Germany’s values of democracy and individual rights.
In his characteristic style, acclaimed columnist and satiric writer, Henryk Broder, comes to Orit’s defense as she’s marginally “smeared” as a “Trump apologist” by the radical left-wing newspaper, TAZ. Below is the rough English translation of his article. Not like this, Orit! Not with us! Of course, the TAZ is for freedom of speech and …
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On June 9, 2018, Orit was a featured speaker at the “FrauenMarsch” in Berlin which protests Chancellor Merkel’s immigration policies. Her pro-Jewish speech was very well-received and brought many Germans to tears. Read it in English, here. Read it in German, here.
On May 31, 2018, Orit gave a talk to over 30 high school and university students on the true nature of the Arab war against Israel. This was for an event series of the Friedrich Hayek Society, an organization dedicated to classically liberal values and human liberty.
Israel ist das Opfer islamischen Terrors, sagt sie, ich bin Opfer des islamischen Terrors, warum soll man nicht darüber sprechen? Besonders, wenn es Menschen gibt, die nicht über das Problem reden wollen?
Upon leaving Berlin for the first time, Feldman felt unnerved and heavy. Her main association with Berlin was the Holocaust. But then, in 2014, while taking part in a documentary on women who left strict, patriarchal communities, she saw a different side of the city. A fun, creative side. A diverse side. A side she could live in.
Here “Dr. Orit” guides Germans on the ultimate “denazification meditation” to enable them to heal properly from their Nazi past so that they could make better decisions for themselves and their country.
What are Jews and non-Jews in Warsaw saying about the Polish law that could derail Polish-Israel relations?
In the second webisode of “Germany on the Couch,” Dr. Orit dramatizes the six German personality traits, quirks and idiosyncrasies that made the Holocaust happen. Warning: It’s O-FUNsive!
Israel-German relations have just heated up!
Man cannot live on bread alone, but man cannot live on Zionist sentiment alone, either. An article that got a lot of people angry….
He is the gorgeous German man who stars as “Sebastian,” the male protagonist in my novel, Underskin. Watch!
Dr. Orit puts Germans on the couch and offers them three not-so-easy steps for overcoming Holocaust guilt, but which is essential to moving forward psychologically and emotionally.
“Most of the Palestinians, they’re people who want to live well — that’s what’s important to them,” she said. “And part of the good and simple life is to live in harmony with the Jews. Many of them don’t have extreme political views. If you succeed in having Jews and Palestinians meet each other, and the Palestinian sees the Jew is not the enemy, he’ll break out of his stereotypical view, and vice versa.”
According to the demonstration’s organizers as well as some Jewish community leaders, German politicians wrongly disconnect the Christmas market attack from Islamic motivations as well as the Islamist attacks that have hit Israel and other countries.
Author DM Miller has rated Underskin as one of the top five books of 2017. She begins: A book that makes you think. That’s what I’m always searching for, and I found it here. After reading and subsequently ranting and raving about Arfa’s first novel, The Settler, I was anxious to see what she’d come up …
“A book recommended to anyone looking for some fresh, bold voices and point of views about the human German-Israeli story.” —Think Now review of Underskin
The bearers of these Hanukkah candles aren’t Jewish. In fact, many of them are descendants of avowed Nazis. They are members of TOS Ministries, a church in Tübingen that for the past 10 years has made it a religious mission to redeem the town, the souls of its residents and the Christian faith by connecting Christianity to its Jewish roots, researching personal family history as it relates to the Holocaust and standing up for Israel.
“Israel’s not holding onto its citizens, especially new immigrants, because of the low pay and high expenses,” he said, explaining how difficulty in making a living ranks as the No. 1 reason why olim leave.
“Before I had the Star of David around my neck without any problem. I did my doctorate with the star around my neck. When I was in high school, I had a backpack from Jerusalem, and it said ‘Jerusalem’ in big letters and I had no problem. Now I can’t do that. I’d be really afraid.”
“Can I kiss you?” he asks, catching me off guard. What kind of man these days asks a woman before he kisses her? I guess a German.
“Underskin may come across to some as little more than an erotic romp in the hay, but its provocative discussion of a serious subject gives readers plenty of food for thought.”
Harvey Weinstein was slimeball, but aren’t worse things happening in the world? You’d think Iran just set off a nuclear bomb from the way the media has wailed about Harvey Weinstein. You’d think at this point Weinstein–not Trump–is Hitler. He was a bully and sexual predator (and if rape allegations are true, he should serve …
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But when I sometimes took a chance on the question Jews secretly like to ask Germans: “Where were your grandparents during the War?”, I wondered how the Holocaust could have happened.
Germans use albums to close pages of Nazism. March of Life members believe in face-to face apologies by the descendants of Nazi perpetrators to Nazi victims facilitate healing and reconciliation.
Hummus with a serving of politics: Israelis in Berlin discuss the rise of the AfD
Stella Goldschlag’s story is the stuff of books, films, plays, and this month, a musical in Berlin running through the end of September at the Neukoellner Oper. Stella utilized attributes that could have made her a Marlene Dietrich contemporary (had her father not been denied an American visa) for one, pernicious purpose: catching Jews.
Interview with vlogger, Hayley Alexis, and American living in Munich who frequently vlogs about life in Germany and especially German men.
