Germany’s new ambassador to Israel launches charm offensive
Does the open approach of Steffen Seibert mark a new era of friendship between Germany and Israel, or do his kind words belie a “business as usual” approach?
Profiles
Meet Ashraf Jabari: The Palestinian populist
He shatters myths about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, finding his greatest Israeli allies in his quest for peace and normalcy among those living in Jewish settlements.
No one braids like the Challah Prince [VIDEO]
How do you make a Challah Prince?
Start with an Israeli born in Tel Aviv named Idan Chabasov, 35. Place him in Berlin with water, flour, yeast, sugar, and egg yolks. Mix with experience as a social media marketer. Add four years in art school in Tel Aviv specializing in animation. Leave to rise, isolated, during a coronavirus pandemic, allowing ample time and space for creative experiments with challah dough. And voila, or rather, challah
An American prophet in Berlin
Richard Grenell had been making the German-American relationship more open and honest than ever before and holding Germany accountable to their ethical, historical and political obligations.
‘Unorthodox’s’ Aaron Altaras: The Jewish-German Ryan Gosling?
Blame it on his multi-ethnic looks and theatrical versatility, Altaras is not pigeonholed into Jewish roles — to his delight. He was bummed the shooting of his next series in which he plays a Turkish German boxer was interrupted by the coronavirus — as was his Passover trip to Israel. He would have loved to hang with the cast of “Unorthodox,” and maybe some new fans.
Interview with Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, Rabbi of Chabad Berlin
„Wir werden nicht untergehen“, sagt Teichtal, der 1996 „mit einem Einwegticket“ aus New York nach Berlin kam. „Wir sind froh, wir sind stolz“, gibt er zur Antwort, „sie bringen Dunkelheit, wir bringen Licht, wir werden uns nie verstecken, wir werden uns nicht unterkriegen lassen, auf keinen Fall! Never, ever, ever!“ Teichtal fordert „Nulltoleranz gegen Intoleranz“ und findet es befremdlich, „dass höchste Repräsentanten der deutschen Regierung einem Land, das Israel vernichten will, zum 40. Jahrestag der Revolution gratulieren“. Er gesteht den Deutschen ein ehrliches Bemühen um ein tolerantes Deutschland zu, sagt aber auch, dass die deutsche Gesellschaft dafür etwas tun muss: „Manchmal fehlt mir die Zivilcourage“.
Interview with US special envoy Elan Carr
“Anti-Semitism is evil, regardless of where it comes from”
Milo Yiannopoulos Talks About His Jewish Identity, Trump and Zionism in Berlin
The former tech editor of the pro-Trump outlet Breitbart, told the enthusiastic Hopfingerbräu crowd, “I’ve been called a racist, an anti-Semite, a misogynist, a white supremacist, a homophobe, a pedophile apologist and a transphobe. Only Islamaphobe is true.”
Karsenty: Jewish Leadership Unequipped to Tackle Anti-Semitism in France
The man who caught France television in alleged “Fake News” on Israel’s actions during the intifada opens up to the Jewish Journal on the current situation of Jews in France.
Actress Rafaëlle Cohen Explores Israelis’ Love of Berlin
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.”
Interview with Diana Feldmann in German
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.
Memories of Murder: A Jewish Mother Speaks Out
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.
Mayor of Frankfurt Leads German Pro-Israel Activism
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.
Interview with Ambassador Ric Grenell
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.
Interview with US Ambassador to Germany: Richard Grenell
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.
From Williamsburg to Berlin
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.
Caught in a Zionist Firestorm
Dresden native Lysann Bendel’s love for Israel was set aflame by a surprising family secret
Israeli Yehuda Poliker brings Greek-infused music to UCLA
Jewish Journal, Nov. 2, 2016 Yehuda Poliker was born in a Haifa, Israel, suburb two years after the founding of the State of Israel, to Greek Jews who survived the deportation from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz. Today, he is considered an Israeli musical icon, having reached career peaks coveted by any Israeli artist: hit singles, platinum …
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A German-Israeli love story
“I still walk in the streets of Israel and Tel Aviv or whatever sometimes, and I think to myself, isn’t it amazing that everyone around me is Jewish? It’s fascinating to me in a way. More than being a good Jew, I’m actually a good Zionist. I really believe in the Jewish state, and it’s amazing how it worked out after all that happened.”
Revolutionizing the coffee shop and supermarket industries
“People want to buy a product at a fair price,” she says. “Cofix represents fairness. It’s the same with Super Cofix. We’re very fair with the customer. With all our products, we try to offer the best prices. We give them the possibility to choose two for NIS 5 and mix and match products. You don’t have that anywhere else.”
Keeping the moneyball in her court
Visiting Tel Aviv as part of a UNICEF delegation, Jamie McCourt opens up.
Jpost: Profile of Avi Katz – the founder of Cofix and now SuperCofix
Avi Katz, founder of Cofix, is pocket-changing the world by fixing the price of coffee – and now supermarket goods – down to NIS 5
Profile of Avi Katz – the founder of Cofix and now SuperCofix
Avi Katz, founder of Cofix, is pocket-changing the world by fixing the price of coffee – and now supermarket goods – down to NIS 5
Profile of Ilya Podpolnyy, Israel’s kayaking champ
Gold on the Galilee: Israeli kayaker comes of age, eyes Olympics
Catching up with Tuvia Tenebom
Orit interviews author Tuvia Tenebom: Jew, undercover German journalist, Ramallah’s most wanted
Interview with Yehudah Glick, the “Smiling Survivor”
Having miraculously survived a late-October assassination attempt, Temple Mount activist Yehudah Glick and his supporters are upbeat, and stronger than ever in his status as an ‘extremist’ – of faith
A Match Made in Lithuania
Israeli actor Shahar Sorek find love in Lithuania
Profile of Mega Producer JR Rotem
Read the original in the Jerusalem Post, August 22, 2011 LOS ANGELES – Jonathan “JR” Rotem’s Israeli background was no secret as he burst onto the pop music scene in 2006 as a hip-hop producing icon, with Rihanna’s chart-topping “S.O.S.” and later building the careers of Jason Derulo, Sean Kingston, and IYAZ. One way of …
Casey Abrams’ ‘American Idol’ Chutzpah
The cuddly (half) Jewish American Idol finalist dishes on his beard and Jewish identity.
He’s All Right, Jack
Kevin Spacey turns disgraced Jewish lobbyist Jack Abramoff into an empathetic figure in the new film ‘Casino Jack.’
January 7, 2011; Jerusalem Post Weekend Magazine
You Don’t Have to Be Jewish to Need Pickup Advice
An interview with the sage of the pick-up artist community, Neil Strauss
Interview with Lead Singer of Terry Poison
The Israeli electro-rock-pop band Terry Poison doesn’t seem to have anything to do with Zionism. They belong more in the European electronic music underground. They sing in English and French about boys and partying. Their wardrobe consists of glittery, metallic bodysuits that outlandish pop sensation Lady Gaga would envy. They don’t consider Diaspora Jews who …
Songwriter Solomon Finds Depth, Soul in Jewish Roots
“It’s become more about the wrong things,” he said in an interview at his home in the Hollywood Hills. “That’s why people don’t buy records. They don’t feel attached. It’s not real. It’s more plastic. People like Elton John, Bob Dylan, Sting, Jim Morrison — they were real artists with points of view.”
Songwriter Sheppard Solomon Working for a Song
Songwriter Sheppard Solomon won’t be watching the eighth season of American Idol, which is now in full swing – even though the singing contest has gotten him a lot of work. His latest single, “Feels Like Tonight,” performed by American Idol‘s fifth season finalist Chris Daughtry, reached the top of the charts last year, helping …
Debra Winger explores Jewish/Arab day schools
Students at the Hand in Hand Max Rayne Bilingual School in Jerusalem didn’t know they were meeting a celebrity. They weren’t born when the films “Officer and a Gentleman” and “Terms of Endearment” garnered Debra Winger her Oscar nominations. But Winger’s tour last month to the Hand in Hand Arab-Jewish day schools was not necessarily …