Finding Our Jewish Ancestors: Central Europe
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Jewish summer camps: the best reason to be optimistic about our future
More than a thousand young people building friendships rooted in shared values and experiences – learning, debating, singing and discovering what Judaism means to them. That is not a community in decline, but one investing in the next generation
The Jewish History of Prague (PART TWO)
Tombstones are seen at the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic, April 20, 2020. Photo: Reuters / David W Cerny. Part One of this article appeared here. The Thirty Years War The devastation of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) brought mixed fortune for the Jews of Prague. On the one hand, Emperor Ferdinand II,...
Antonín Sekal hid the Meisl family's photographs, documents and valuables in the garden of his house in Mokrá Hora, Brno, during the war. After the return of the brothers Hugo and Rudolf, who had escaped to England thanks to Nicholas Winton, he returned the saved things to them. Hugo told his great-niece Shawna about the family history, who had now come to Brno with her family, so that they too could learn about the interesting and moving histor…
With his characterization of history as an endless accumulation of ruins, Walter Benjamin did away with optimistic historical materialism. Perhaps Jewish mysticism offered redemption?
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