Thursday, May 14, 2015
It's probably best if you don't ask how I found this...
...video of the Barden Belles in BERLIN: "Crazy Youngsters."
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
"Here’s my prediction: Germany will be Europe’s first green, solar-powered superpower,"
says Thomas Friedman of The New York Times.
Berlin Then and Now
Blowing my mind---pictures of Berlin "then" and "now" and some more.
Two thoughts: technology is really cool and that place as really changed!
Two thoughts: technology is really cool and that place as really changed!
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Veggie eating in Berlin...
Sam's question about eating vegetarian in Berlin got me thinking...and clearly, we're not the only ones interested:
Top10's List of the Top Ten Vegan and Vegetarian restaurants in the city and the just published World of Wanderlust's list and Time Out's list.
Top10's List of the Top Ten Vegan and Vegetarian restaurants in the city and the just published World of Wanderlust's list and Time Out's list.
Monday, May 4, 2015
About all those Israelis in Berlin...
There's a real fascination with the Israeli fascination with Berlin:
From The Washington Post: "Waves of Young Israelis Find a Home in the Former Nazi Capital."
From The Economist: "Next Year in Berlin."
From The New Yorker: "So Long, Israel; Hello, Berlin."
From The New York Times: "In Exodus From Israel, a Young Nation's Fissures Show" and
From Bloomberg.com "Israelis in Berlin Signal Middle Class Struggles at Home."
From The Washington Post: "Waves of Young Israelis Find a Home in the Former Nazi Capital."
From The Economist: "Next Year in Berlin."
From The New Yorker: "So Long, Israel; Hello, Berlin."
From The New York Times: "In Exodus From Israel, a Young Nation's Fissures Show" and
From Bloomberg.com "Israelis in Berlin Signal Middle Class Struggles at Home."
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
German Word of the Day
Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz - meaning "law delegating beef label monitoring" - has been excised from the lexicon. All 65 letters of it.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Long, thin, slimy ones; Short, fat, juicy ones....
Thursday afternoon brought the group to Worms, home to the "Holy Sands" cemetery, which is considered the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe (the oldest grave dates back to 1058/1059--38 years before the First Crusade decimated the Jewish community there).
On the way to Speyer...
It turns out there was a little, um, issue on the bus trip from Heidelberg to Speyer: the bus broke down. For some, nature called (behind the bus as it turned out) but technology won out and they sent out a new bus. Here's the group waiting for that happy time:
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Ready for a dip?
It was a series of adventures getting there, but here's most if the group perched on the mezzanine overlooking the medieval mikveh in Speyer:
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The wide reach of medieval thought
stretches aaallll the way to Heidelberg's Hochschule fuer Juedische Studien (Academy of Jewish Studies)
It was a long, long, long travel day
The schedule called for a 6am departure from our hotel in Berlin and some were eager to get on the road:
while others gave into the lure of the train:
while others gave into the lure of the train:
But it was heartening to see their reaction to Frankfurt all the same:
When you get back to Berlin...
hopefully, the sun will be shining and The New York Times is on the case: After the Thaw: Outdoor Fun in Berlin.
On top of the Reichstag!
After a very full day of engaging representatives of the government (including Wolfgang Drautz, the former Consul General in Los Angeles), the group made it to the seat of power itself, the Reichstag. Despite the crazy security guard who tried to push Jason into an overcrowded elevator, the visit ended up being pretty good. (Thanks Arjan for having our back!)
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Neither rain nor...uh...rain....
Nothing can keep us down! We had an incredibly interesting morning at Berlin's memorials but none more iconic than the Brandenburg Gate. Aren't we a good looking group?
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Oh, what a night....
It was a lovely end of Shabbat dinner (despite the unrelenting rain!!) with a group of 8 theology students from the Humboldt University. Here we are as we wait for them to arrive at Cafe Orange:
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