with this anniversary year to make jewish life and for and jewish intellectual history really more tangibleto german. this isn't very complex issue it is just 76 years after the shah and germany still has a kind of earthy a theatrical culture of remember owns and memorial. and people here naturally i'm all aware of that alive jews. and this is not so surprising because many people never talked to a jew here in germany in person and it's also very out they meet one on the street . and for many the only way to learn about this is in schools and what you mostly learn in schools lackey is about the jewish religion is about how to use well of course in the sheil which is very very important to learn and also about the growing and isn't someone tism and in the society but it is very important but you cannot reduce the reduce jewish life to that incident dog. and this is why we have a new approach actually. which we're trying to roll out this year and what is that new approach you spoke earlier about empathy. yes that's very important because if i mean we have now it will set 200000 some estimate

co-existing in silence with a non jewish environment the jewish community then tried to shape a life from merely having survived. a life that had been taken from 6000000 daughter sons brothers sisters mothers fathers grandparents in a life of mourning of pain of anger of life in germany. but homeland is home. and it was not until the 1960 s. and 1970 s. that the silence was broken and the non jewish side there was a growing awareness of the crimes of the past there was a growing realisation that critically engaging with the past confronting it were crucial for building a future. point and this helped to increase trust on the jewish side in the new federal republic of germany. which succeeded in building a sustainable liberal democracy on the ruins of history a positive player in a united europe. in the liberal world and. a state that holds and defends the inviolable human rights of each and every individual. i began to get involved at 1st socially in my own religious community and then increasingly working to to. coexistence and togetherness and huge undertaking for the society we've

we just had a survey of the bay area jewish that und a y area se le in r who may be jewish or may not be. it is very important that we realize and act on the knowledge that we are a very diverse community. i know the jewish children's books are pretty well and they have not reflected that fact. it is a ti to see e emergence of many more jewish children's books that reflect the ethnic, national and religious diversity of choose so kids can go up with a sense that dark skin juice are no different from juice with light skin. that is an important thing for people to grow up with and we are seeing that now and i am very happy. >> for pj library, absolutely, we embrace a diverse jewish community that is really reflected across the country. i would say no more so than the bay area. we know this is our community, we welcome it and want to embrace it. we want that reflected as well. it is a priority priority to have diverse families and fema driven main characters, which is something families are looking for. especially now when we are embracing the power of women to have little girls read abo

to work on that 1700 years of jewish life here in germany and yet many jewish customs are still not verywell known here how do you hope with this anniversary year to make jewish life and for and jewish intellectual history really more tangible to german. this is a very complex issue it is just 76 years out of the shah and germany still has a kind of a theatrical culture of remember owns and memorial. and people here naturally i'm all aware of dead and alive jews. and this is not so surprising because many people never talked to a jew here in germany in person and it's also very out they meet one on the street . and for many the only way to learn about this is in schools and what you mostly learn in schools lackey is about the jewish religion is about how to use well of course murdered in the shi'a which is very very important to learn and also about the growing and scientists i might as and then the society but it is very important but you cannot reduce reuse jewish life to that shines and i go. and this is why we have a new approach actually. which we are trying to roll out this year an

to work on that 1700 years of jewish life here in germany and yet many jewish customs are still not verywell known here how do you hope with this anniversary year to make jewish life and for and jewish intellectual history really more tangible to germans. this isn't very complex issue it is just 76 years out of the shah and germany still has a kind of a theatrical culture off remember owns and and morial. and people here naturally i'm all aware of dead and alive jews. and this is not so surprising because many people never talked to a jew here in germany in person and it's also very out they meet one on the street . and for many the only way to learn about this is in schools and what you mostly learn in schools locky is about the jewish religion is about how to use well of course in the sheil which is very very important to learn and also about the growing and isn't semite as and in the society but it is very important but you cannot reduce reuse jewish life to that shines and all that. and this is why we have a new approach actually. which we're trying to roll out this year and what is

it was the jewish neighborhood in warsaw there were jewish neighborhoods. where it was almost all jewish or 3rd of the city you're all over the city and the interaction with. that comes to a crashing halt the building of the warsaw ghetto wall which goes through the heart of the city and divides jews from non jews as they were never divided before. more. like a car out to move or on the wall didn't appear suddenly bits and pieces of glass started to be built from april $1040.00 these were sections of wall or barriers with barbed wire they popped up in various places or tossed their go on of course the reason of new stuff. i had no idea i was jewish i say 1st i was asking them why do we have to move and later what does it mean that i'm jewish and why do we have to leave our homes with an emotional appeal struction down. their cultures dish with all that objections i when we arrived in the ghetto the 1st thing i saw was a horrible poster i didn't want to be like that here on the pope's death and i was distraught has been forced to live that. i thought that ev

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where was the jewish neighborhood in warsaw there were jewish neighborhoods. where it was almost all jewish when your 3rd of the city you're all over the city and the interaction with 9 jews was a normal day and that comes to a crashing halt when the building of the warsaw ghetto wall which goes through the heart of the city and divides jews from non jews as they were never divided before. more. like a cover out to lure on the wall didn't appear suddenly bits and pieces of all started to be built from april $1040.00 these were sections of wall or barriers but barbed wire they popped up in various places as they're gone on of course the revolution of new stuff. i had no idea i was jewish i say 1st i was asking them why do we have to maneuver and later what does it mean that i'm jewish and why do we have to leave our homes with an emotion opals church and on. 'd their cultures different of that that the get shown when we arrived in the ghetto the 1st thing i saw was a horrible poster i didn't want to be like that on the pope's death and i was distraught had been

every jewish home had the blue box, you know. was a symbolic thing. it wasn't so much the money, because the money came from people who had money. but this was a kind of identification. the jewish national fund actually did not buy 80% of the land. and, in fact, most of the land, now, believe me, i can take you there. most of the land was taken over after 1948 through two phases. it was first nationalized by the state because this was so-called abandoned property. it was nationalized by the state and then it was handed out by the state, but not to private ownership. so, it still belongs in large part to the state. the national fund is about 20% of it. the rest is the state and it's handed over by the state so that the people who get the land or the property are not directly taking it from the original owners, but from the state through this kind of mechanism that was created. it's a very smart mechanism. they lent it to eastern europe and brought it to palestine. that's one issue. the second issue, you know, until about 15 years

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 germ

community this year the ceremony also not 1700 years of jewish life in the country of the guest speakers was shot to not block a former head of germany central council of jews a survivor of the holocaust she describes a worrying resurgence of anti semitism in the country. it was in english because i don't need to present you with a timeline of anti semitic incidents in our country they take place openly blatantly almost daily conspiracy theories are becoming more and more popular once again anti semitism is bringing in votes it has become socially acceptable again from schools to coronavirus demonstrations and of course on the internet the hotbed of hate and abuse of all kinds it and that let's get more from the donors chief political correspondent melinda crane welcome milind auschwitz was liberated 76 years ago lifetimes ago for many people so it was today's commemoration therefore still a significant event. absolutely still a significant event because as we heard there anti-semitism is on the rise again in germany elsewhere also and the fact is that a key purpose of a commemoration li

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one jewish athlete in the winter games, and one jewish athlete in the summer games. it has been speculated that the germans included one jewish athlete on each team to be able to say, we are not discriminating against jewish athletes. the jewish athlete who competed in the summer games is a fencer. she was a dominant fencer. she had already won a gold medal in the 1928 games and competed in los angeles in 1932, then stated in l.a. rather than return to germany, in part because of concern for her own safety once the nazis took power in 1933. she has one jewish parent. and she wins a silver medal at the 1936 games in fencing. she is remembered most for her moments on the podium. here she is on the right of this photo. she had features that the nazis would have described as area and , a blondfeatures haired woman, and she is giving the nazi salute on the podium, a jewish woman, which was expected of all german athletes, and there is a lot of speculation about why she did this. some people said she did it to protect her family members still in germany. she was worried fo

one jewish athlete in the winter games which are held in february of 1936 in germany, and one jewishthlete in the summer games, and it's been speculated that germans included one jewish athlete on each team to be able to say, look, we are not discriminating against jewish athletes. the jewish athletes who competed in the summer games, she is a fence or. she was a dominant fence, or had won a gold medal of the 1928 games, add competed in los angeles in 1932, and stayed in l.a., rather than returning to germany. in part, concerned for her own safety once the nazis took power, in 1933. she has one jewish parent, and she wins a silver medal at the 1936 games, in fencing. she is remembered most for her moment on the podium. here she is on the right of this photo, she had features that the nazis would've described as, quote, aryan features. blond haired woman, and she's giving the nazi salute. on the podium. a jewish woman, which was expected of all german athletes, and there's a lot of speculation about why she did this. some people say she needed to protect her family members who were st

they were with non-jewish poles. instances, the jewish survivors found themselves in the same camp as those in the concentration laborers. that ended july and august when they were in their own camps. this was transitional, they would soon be allowed to go home. they believed world war iii was coming rapidly and americans and british would liberate ukraine, the soviets. they could go home again. the jews knew they could never go home, they had no place in europe. they tried in the beginning to convince themselves and others could return to poland and the jewish community. it was the only place on earth they soon recognized where they would be welcome, palestine. the british did everything they possibly could under the mandate the jews out. >> i want to stop here for a second to talk about those who couldn't go home understood that but at one time, it's made to not force this, individuals of choice whether they would on a little bit about that. >> one of the things i realized as i did my research work begins almost im

the third group, or the jewish survivors. as the war came to an end hitler and the german officials realized that they didn't want the fact that the death camps might be discovered by the russians in the world. number one, number two, they needed more labor home than they were getting from the forced laborers and slave laborers. in the decision was made to relocate those who had survived the death camps and the labor camps in poland and in the balkans, to relocate them to death march them into germany. where they would be not gassed but worked to death. most of them laid underground mines, mills, and were armed factories. these are the three groups that make up the last million. their journeys into germany are different, so too would be their experiences in germany. >> so it's ve day or a little bit after and we are in europe in 1945, can you give us a little bit of a feel in these camps. what sort of life in futures or choices are these people looking at. >> there is no way to comprehend the devastation in germany. when they

rabbi spiro is close to the capitol jewish museum. to answer your question why so few women and stephanie, can you pull up slide 6 which runs the numbers of women rabbis, and i'll answer carl's question as we look at slide 6. the video was the first one and there's rabbi spiro in the bottom right. le there have been -- of the 634 times a prayer has been given by a rabbi in congress, 15 of them come from a woman. female rabbi. two from rabbi spiro. she's the leader month female rabbi. your question, why so small in n the first woman rabbi was not ordained until 1972, i believe, early 70s, so the men have had decades and decades to run up the score before there really was a female rabbi. but even then -- so, one quick anecdote but the first woman rabbi, her name was sally priezan and she was sponsored in october 1973. gave the house prayer the same day that the house voted for the senate jewish to begin impeachment proceed eggs against richmond nixon show to woman gave the prayer that day, sponsored by -- want to guess who she was spons

i am free from jewish or colored blood. story we are telling here is about the bond try to set up summer camps across the united states. hitler styled summer camps across the united states. one small town in connecticut stands up against the german american bond. they don't want the german american bond camp in their town. every resident in the town got this flyer in their mailbox, asking them whether they want the swastikas thrust upon you. and ultimately, the residents of this tiny town of south connecticut are able to keep the bond out, in large part due to the efforts of this man, it congregation a list minister in south barry, who gives a stirring anti nazi sermon. the thanksgiving weekend of 1937 this is his sermon. he calls nazism eight anti christians menace. he describes nazism as agents of the anti christ. and he argues that the residents need to keep nazis out because nazism is on question, and un-american. and the point there is that for americans in the 1930s, they weren't always understanding nazism, or often

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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 all the falun comers that 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 don't always get it's a relationship full of ups and downs in 321 any d n a jew is 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 there are hot buttons where 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 on me the enlightenment of the 18th century really gave jews hope of a mancipation as freedom of religion equality and

washington now he and his family are members of northern virginia so the great american story of jewish prayers on capitol hill as his first book and in conversation with the washington bureau chief of real clear politics and the executive editor of the media group covering every presidential campaign since 1984 and has received received stages reporting of the presidency and the the word for excellence in presidential news coverage you are in good hands for tonight so thank you. >> thank you very much. i will start have a question about your book that my inspiration is a guy we both know, brian lamb who started notes 30 years ago his first question in the first book notes is what i will ask you. why did you write this book? >> sensual site brian lamb the question i will include c-span in my answer. [laughter] when it was a pleasure to watch congress for a living i watch a lot of congress on tv in my childhood as the pr guy for c-span. you watch the house and senate all day long and to get a sense of the rivalries in the back and forth one thing that struck me was the pair every session

when i was young, i hate jewish people. now i am part of the jewish community in denmark. and i talk with my jewish friend about my hate, if i -- i was so lucky that i met some jewish people who insist on conversation with me. i can't imagine how it will be if this -- this chance don't was there maybe i will still be a racist. so, part -- when i was teenager i want to travel to afghanistan to fight against european soldiers and u.s., but i met a man who was imam, and he tried to have conversation with me, and that was the reason that i am democrat now. i think it's -- i always hear people that saying that it will not make a change, but that is bullshit because if everyone say its not make change, why are we believe on democracy? so, now everyone will talk about how -- under syria, for example, if two people sitting down and talking, how closer will be to the peace. so, i am not so pessimist. we have peace in u.s., of course we if the problems inch denmark we have peace, a lot of places we have peace because a lot of tough, millions of people, always talking with each other

>> this is nothing do with the rabbi or being jewish. the tradition of guessed chaplains are again were talking the guest chaplain is a subset of the chaplains. chaplains typically give the prayer. they fill in when they're not around. so who selects? they are typically nominated or sponsored by local congressman or local senator. >> like an appointment to west point or naval academy? >> it is very similar in that regard. i'll share a couple stories that just by doing this work year that it may not surprise you that jockeying goes on and there's some jealousy among rabbis and others who want to get ms. prime position, to be in front of the legislature and get a prayer. once you get selective close to the local congressman or senators, not even jewish. non-jews sponsor rabbis who they know from their community. i wasn't going to share this. this is new and it took us into open with state question, i recently came across, i missed this when it first of the research for the book, frank lautenberg, senator, former senator from new jersey, sp

but it never mentions jewish victims.hread even remains in the final days of nazism, nazism is defeated. that threat of not putting jewish victims front and center remains in some of the american press. at the close of the exhibition, we come back to raphael lincoln, the man who coined the word genocide. lincoln himself is a refugee from poland. jewish. he lost 49 relatives himself during the holocaust. he spends all of his energy trying to get genocide recognized as a international crime. in his autobiography which he wrote in pieces over the course of the late 19 fifties, one of the things he wrote was about the importance of telling the story to the american people, that all over europe the nazis were writing the book of death and the importance of repeating this story to americans on the street, in churches, on the purchase of their homes, and that is in part central to the mission of the u.s. holocaust memorial museum to continue telling this story as a warning. the haunting part of this quote for me is lincoln sayin

a jewish policeman explained. next to the jewish cemetery there was once a large beyond today it's one of the biggest mass graves ever filled with the bodies of jews from all corners of europe. could this be real how is it possible that a human being or flesh and blood should have to die in such a pitiful fashion. the german occupation murdered 90 percent of the jews here who is heartbreaking. and if you can imagine that not only does the wall go through the heart of the city right in the middle of a street it stops but on the other side of that wall. starvation disease and very soon after deportation to death. from. food. the womb. you for security reasons i order that the ghetto of warsaw be demolished all utilize it will building parts and other materials of any value out of 1st be salvaged an overall plan for the raising of the ghetto is to be submitted to me we must in any event ensure that the living space occupied until now by 500000 subhumans and in no way fit for habitation by germans disappears completel

peter you hancox had a sheltered childhood in a jewish family in transylvania. but it suddenly ended when he was 13 years old and so that's. the germans occupied transylvania 1944. a short time later we were deported to auschwitz my entire family was murdered there are various coincidences or i can also say with god's help i stayed alive. his sister and mother were immediately killed in the auschwitz gas chambers. pretended he was older and was sent to various concentration camps for forced labor. for the persecution of the jews and that year in auschwitz. and cal furthering might have hardened or non me emotionally. so that i was no longer able to react to things as a normal person would. shortly before liberation got off managed to escape he later went to university built a career and started a family. with. the my wife and i lived together for 7 years before we got married. and i never talked about my past with her. sometimes i feel as if it were sunk in concrete. this is a. mansion. in segments. but now it is important for him to talk about it and about anti

when she opened the letter it was from the jewish agency asking her to help hide a jewish man named bender the beirut where there was means that either. where you are that said on the top with added the level of the beard in a. short like the 1946 to 948 where the times where israeli intelligence. planted the seeds. for its network in arab countries like lebanon and syria insure cohen the connection the relations the establishment relation between israeli intelligence were established at the time soon as 1st mission went well and established her credentials in assisting the secret passage of jews to lebanon into palestine. she was then contacted by a man from the south called move up the law that was to become a key figure in her spy network. he told her that israeli security wanted to meet her in a small town on the lebanon palestine border it was the 1st time shooter had crossed the border since her marriage in her memoirs she later roads. i travelled by jeep from beirut to the area i stayed in new says house until late at night his men were monitoring border patrols to secure my journey

even without the abraham accords there's a growing jewish in. uae. even without the abraham accords the pope visited us. and we've always opened up our owe site to everyone. today we have 200 nationalities in the uae, every religion you could possibly imagine, everyone practicing co-existing peacefully. those are the values we show to the world and we want to prove yes, you can have a tolerant, open modern society in the middle east. i think the abraham accord and the political elements of that is going to add to that awareness for the rest of the people. >> what do you think is the basic interest of iran in trying to deal with the middle east? in other words, what is their concern with, say, your country or saudi arabia? what are they most worried about or concerned about? >> this is my own personal theory. i think iran looks at our part of the world and thinks of the days of the persian empire and things that this is an area that belongs to them. we are countries that are either sub servant or other policy. i think that's the crux of the agreement.

testimony for the extermination of the jewish people. when we play this music. we opened a subject and the discussion in the car show gentlemen discourse off today's world. laban's melodeon our music against forgetting and for a better world. there's talk of museums reopening soon here in europe because they can manage social distancing but what about mass entertainment fear. polls and clubs have suffered for almost a year now and the only license the end of the tumble seems to be vaccination then perhaps your basic rights of freedom of movement will be returned with a vaccine passport but is a solution we've been talking to some cultural managers here in germany resulting in some rather surprising opinions. going to a rock concert a bar or a club is not considered an essential activity so it would be legitimate for organizers to demand proof of vaccination before people were allowed to attend their events medical experts estimate that between 70 and 90 percent of the population would need to be vaccinated for herd immunity to be reached that requires the majori

community jewish community in thestates, what has been a reaction ? >> they are overjoyed. anytime that we had leader wanted to make peace with israel we spoke to peace their own people was overwhelming support within israel and within the broader jewish world that was the case now maybe yousef can it and i don't nknow how they seven debtorsbeen invited to . >> groups, common reaction i get is most people didn't think this was possible. most people didn't think pothis happened before a palestinian state was for to ron! we tried this approach. world came together the collective position was were not going to do anythinguntil stt there's a palestinian state. makes sense. didn't work. it simply didn't work. you have is intractable political problem hasn't made any progress in the last 30 years so we finally concluded let's try something else. let's try a differentapproach . i've been incredibly well received by everyone with the exception of countries . but here, when you talk to individual jewish americans or even evangelicals, they are in disbelief tha

peter you have had a sheltered childhood in a jewish family in transylvania. but it suddenly ended when he was 13 years old and so that's. the germans occupied transylvania 1944. a short time later we were deported to auschwitz my entire family was murdered there through various coincidences or i can also say with god's help i stayed alive. his sister and mother were immediately killed in the auschwitz gas chambers. pretended he was older and was sent to areas concentration camps for forced labor. for the persecution of the jews and that year and of its dark and cal furthering might have hardened or non me emotionally they had so that i was no longer able to react to things as a normal person would. shortly before liberation god managed to escape he later went to university built a career and started a family. with. the my wife and i lived together for 7 years before we got married. and i never talked about my past with her. sometimes i feel as if it were sunk in concrete. and cement. instead. now it is important for him to talk about it and about anti semitis

a day of remembrance for the victims of the brutal nazi regime representatives of the countries jewish community took part in the commemoration alongside german officials including chancellor angela merkel and president. this year the ceremony also marked 700 years of jewish life in germany shiloh to canoe bloke holocaust survivor and former head of the central council of jews warned of a worrying recurrence of anti-semitism. he was in michigan i don't need to present you with a timeline of anti semitic incidents in our country they take place openly blatantly almost daily conspiracy theories are becoming more and more popular thing once again anti semitism is bringing in votes it has become socially acceptable again the been this tax president echoed cannot block's concerns if you need us. it's devastating to have to admit that our culture of remembrance does not protect us from a brazen reinterpretation or even a denial of history as you thought me nor does it protect us from new forms of racism and anti semitism such as those reading in schoolyards on the internet or in conspiracy t

and the jewish lawyer now, who is going to argue a case for the neo-nazis, to march through the jewishtion of town, on adolf hitler's birthday and you know what the lawyer did? he did it. he argued it. he said everything the neo-nazis stand for discuss me. but it's not about them, it's about their right to do what, under the constitution? under the bill of rights? to march and to express their views. just because i don't like their views, doesn't mean they can't express them. he argued the case for them,. he won the case for them. then the neo-nazi party said, we're not going to march anyway. we will march in chicago. and they marched in chicago. again, give me an example recently where extreme right wing groups, wanted to meet together to demonstrate to assemble, and it turned violent and has ripped this country apart. yes sir. where? >> the black lives matter movement. >> okay black lives matter was involved but where did it sit? where did the fires burn? >> was in charlottesville virginia. >> that's it john, you got it that was two years ago? the neo-nazis, the other right wing grou

which it turns out is a jewish phrase, a jewish thing to say about someone who died.echwriter, you are channeling, not putting words into someone's life. arun gandhi, you talked about living with your grandfather for two years, your parents giving you that gift. then your grandfather was assassinated. how did you process this? how do you fit that into how you can move forward and to your worldview and your reliefs -- beliefs? where were you when he was killed in india? mr. gandhi: when my parents decided to get back to south routine ininto the november of 1947, india became independent. place assination took little less than two months after i left him. >> you were how old? mr. gandhi: i was 14. we were living in south africa created in a he little place called phoenix. not even a suburb. it was just sugarcane fields around us. we were a little island of humanity in the midst of all the sugarcane fields. it was a really isolated place. when we finally heard about the news through friends who heard i on the radio in the city, then veryd, first, angry. as a 14-year-old