Immigration to Israel is traditionally associated with Jews abroad. However, more and more non-Jewish people move to Israel â for love, for work or even simply out of passion for the country. Yet, in comparison to Jewish immigrants they are much less supported by the governmental immigration offices. We talked to four non-Jewish, German-speaking immigrants… […]
âDo you know the difference between an Italian mum and a Jewish mum?â The Italian mum dares: âIf you donât eat the soup, Iâll kill you.â The Jewish mum however threatens the child with the words: âIf you donât eat your soup, Iâll kill myself!â This is only one of the many jokes about Jewish… […]
The central theme for this year’s Holocaust Memorial ceremony is âEverything is Forbidden to Us, and Yet We do Everything”: The Struggle to Maintain the Human Spirit during the Holocaust.â Not only for those who commemorate the perished Jewish people on Yad Vashemâs central square but for the whole country, it is one of the most… […]
One thing is for sure: David Ben Gurion would have been delighted! A new photo exhibition is going to entertain up to 8 million passengers on their way from the passport control to the gates at the international airport Ben Gurion. This exhibition is initiated by the Ministry of Science and showcases 60 Israeli developments… […]
After eight years of painstaking work, Uriel Adiv has published an online dictionary for German loan words in Hebrew. A âvery good, wonderful thingâ is known in Hebrew as a âGoldstikâ. For those with a knowledge of German it is immediately obvious the word is based on the German âGoldstückâ (treasure). It is just one… […]
