pala swanny never wanted to leave egypt his homeland but when a military tribunals threatened to try him in court for insulting the authorities he went into exile and 2017. now he lives in new york where he teaches at universities holds online writing workshops and publishes political analysis on you tube and he continues to write. it political like this right a wall so all the struggle and i'll take it right. away to express well you lot to the people you're with your love the people it is always. reciprocate thank you very much by. marking the occasion of a very special anniversary jewish life has existed in germany for 1700 years in all

its diversity liveliness and complexity. your. cause has come home for the world and i'm wrong it's got to. be going. on. in the installation of the jewish museum of berlin that makes this a rare forces audible the 1st series is being celebrated throughout the year especially at the jewish museum with a new permanent exhibition focusing on 1700 years of jewish life in germany and there was a famine coming sagen you might say the central theme is the relationship between jews and the non jewish society. and the dynamic between belonging and exclusion so i wouldn't ask and so it's a relationship full of ups and downs. 21

a d. a jew was allowed to hold an official office for the 1st time but for centuries jews were only tolerated on german soil of the being ostracized and excluded from most professions in the middle ages individual enclaves flourished under the protection of the bishops yet their inhabitants were recurrently driven out the famed and persecuted. in the 17th century those look enough to be needed by princes as bankers and financial advisors were issued letters guaranteeing their protection as privileged of course jews. but they remained dependent. of the enlightenment of the 18th century really gave jews hope of emancipation as freedom of religion equality and human rights were so to apply some of. the same time the great philosopher moses mendelssohn which to reform his faith desiring a modern judaism in step with german culture. he translated

the hebrew bible into german because he wanted his children to learn german boy he wanted them to be able to participate in society and kwanzaa. because major shift stimulated the lively exchange of ideas between writers and philosophers jews and jews business science and culture the painter max lever. and the physicist albert einstein are some of the big jewish names in german society. then yes then bell creek if you look at world war one lots of jews authors soldiers come on. at the time that was a sign that they had become part of society and they really felt german. deutsche. but from the beginning of the nazi dictatorship to. were systematically

excluded from society disenfranchised persecuted forced into exile. before 933 around half a 1000000 jews live to germany. to write it for 5 the only a few 1000. trains a blight on german society i think the holocaust is not really not the holocaust is still a very important point in jewish history in germany and in all of europe. but what's new in the current exhibition is that it's no longer presented as the end of that history the present here to be aired that's because there's been a resurgence of judaism in germany since the ninety's the jews are coming from russian politics. is right for the country of carried out the holocaust. today there are more than 200000 jews living in germany.

but anti semitism is also on the rise of attacks in broad daylight 20 right wing terrorist attack on a synagogue in the city of shocking event was a warning sign. that's make me think if there's a mention near miss the most important thing is that people learn more about jews and jewish life. how. many of these anti semitic ideas come from a lack of information and knowledge. because we have a very important task to bring visitors in contact with this culture. it's been a part of what i now call german culture since the middle ages but we get in there deutsch couture at least that's precisely the goal of this year's events across the country under the banner of 1700 years of jewish life injured.

yeah but what else is being celebrated this year rebels and those who are turning 80 in 2021 like drummer charlie watts of the rolling stone is. folk icon joan baez. polo. and bob dylan. they were down singer songwriter is the 1st musician to have received the nobel prize for literature among other accolades. and vivienne westwood turns 80 the woman who helped set the style for the punk scene in great britain in the seventy's but she also stands for political commitment against climate change and war in 2020 years she protested in

a bird cage for the release of wiki leaks founder julian assange. if you love. her. to help. her live. and we celebrate posthumously the 100th birthday celebration of another artist experience or saving to become. just one of. joseph boyce was certainly radical and his words made him famous to. he reinvented the concept of art turning it on its head. i finished and. he was an incredibly courageous much of a person because you could really inspire others to follow along. you meant to mention are you should someone who courage people to believe in their own creativity that's a use it's. and. very influenced this year marks the centennial of

poisonous birth even in his lifetime he created his own legend involved shooting his plane crashed in crimea local to tar people supposedly healed his wounds with butt and moved him with belts with back to mit the story provided boys with his trademark materials patent and felt. he bestowed new meaning on everyday objects a pack of sleds loaded with belt blankets departure transformation action for boys that symbolized energy he found possibilities everywhere where the melted all solidified everything was sculpture. is the pissing works made audiences ponder his is an art in which everything belongs thought spirituality people and nature. are poised by us and that site for boys was ahead of his time so he demanded things . he challenged artists to move out of their bubbles out of the studio out of their

little spheres of influence and into society of. interested art to make that happen . as wanted change to do away with crusty concepts and folk. art and creativity should be for everyone to sort of the cademy of art he organized to sit in to protest admission restrictions his politics cost him his job. parents and come. back on television. for the contemporary art exhibition documentaries 7 he planted $70000.00 trees as an antidote to environmental degradation as are you that if it's going with any luck. or chance of floods. it's got for quotes and it was hard it was a survey recently among very young american art students asking who. they were most

affected were influenced by. the boys was in the top 3 boys. and that's not a germany but the the us. boys achieved fame in the us with this well. he spent several days living with the k.f.c. . it was a posh mall between man and beast an exchange between a shameless taste and an animal sacred to native americans. was once said that oh it's capital he wasn't referring to the money but rather the creative powers inside every person the art world's eyes are again turning to this great innovator from the u.s. to japan exhibitions will shed new light on the man and his complex world. market is the market. demand today to savor is more relevant than ever think about the last year and things like black lives matter artists were challenged not to just

speak out on the issue but to actively participate in the movement so today's artists are being given the space the boys was calling for back then. and that was just the beginning look forward to a year full of culture that inspires challenges and chance us till next time.

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ballet the global suppliers. in 15 minutes on t.w. . i think is everything challenging 1st and i make a muslim. song much different culture between here and there so a challenge in court if the think the odds. initialises i think it was worth it for me to come to germany. shall be my god my license to work as a swimming instructor up to the shrine our 2 children not adults just rushed out just as. much your story take part share it on info migron stockmann.

story of prejudice and propaganda. they were called the rhineland bastards born after the 1st world war the monkey was an illegitimate child and there were many of them even from. their mothers or germans living in the occupied drying land their fathers soldiers from the french colonies . off with ice and these afro german children had a hard time and because they were reminder of the german defeat. they grew up in a climate of wounded national pride and racism defied the european population felt that it was important to be white and to stay right by supply. exclusion and contempt culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that we made of their existence we call

them the children. storage january 11th on d w. this is to give you news a lot from berlin and no more trump on twitter the social media platform announces it is permanently suspending the u.s. president's account through the risk of further violence that says congress moves to try to bring an early end to donald trump's term in office also coming up a year after the surface in china locks down millions of people and he'd be

a province in a bid to contain its worst outbreak in months. and a dramatic comeback in german football.