Jews

Jewishness On Display: 'Truth' By Way Of Discomfort

Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:19:00 +0000

In Berlin's Jewish Museum, a new exhibit called "The Whole Truth" asks visitors uncomfortable and even absurd questions about Jews. One of the curators, Michal Friedlander, says it is intentionally provocative.

"The point is to get people talking about how they perceive Jews, particularly in Germany today," she says.

But some German Jews accuse the museum of going too far.

Visitors to the 30-part exhibit are bombarded with questions but given few answers.

Reviving The Spirit And Schmaltz Of The Jewish Deli

Padmananda Rama — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:43:00 +0000

On a recent morning, just south of Washington, D.C.'s Dupont Circle, about a dozen people are lined up outside a restaurant waiting for its lunchtime opening.

Jon and Ralph Rosenbaum are at the front of the line and are the first to be greeted by DGS Delicatessen general manager Brian Zipin, who leads them down a white tile hallway and seats them at a small table against a brick-exposed wall.

It's not the first time the two brothers have eaten at DGS, which calls itself a modern Jewish cookery.

Spanish Town To Host Its First Seder In More Than 500 Years

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:02:00 +0000

Jews all over the world are gathering around dinner tables Monday night to celebrate the first night of Passover, one of the most important festivals of the Jewish calendar.

'FDR And The Jews' Puts A President's Compromises In Context

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:13:00 +0000

The subject of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's relationship with the Jewish community is complicated, multidimensional and contentious. On the one hand, the former New York governor won Jewish votes by landslide margins and led the Allies to victory in World War II, defeating Nazi Germany.

Bulgaria Expresses 'Regret' For Holocaust Deportation Of Jews

Eyder Peralta — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:04:00 +0000

For the first time, the Bulgarian National Assembly is expressing "regret" for deporting more than 11,000 Jews to German death camps.

The declaration passed today is truly bitter sweet, because while it calls the deportations a "criminal act," it also praises Bulgarian citizens and politicians for saving more than 48,000 Jews during the Holocaust.

The BBC explains:

"Bulgaria was an ally of Nazi Germany during the war, when Jews were deported en masse from th