Wednesday, January 30, 2013

"Would you..."

Controversy about a German TV show--"Wetten, das"--which sounds like a cross between "America's Got Talent" and "Jackass"--exposes all kinds of things about national identity: "Stupid German Tricks, Wearing Thin" (New York Times, January 30, 2013).

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Ah, Berlin, you're always so complicated

Hat tip to @AMichael_Wright for this tip on Berlin Jewry's forward looking perspective: "Berlin's Jews Have Sights Set On Cultural Future, Not Historical Past" (from Haaretz).

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Good Eating Awaits!

From The New York Times: "Michelin Stars Fall on Berlin." Start saving those Euros....