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Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who returned to Germany in his 80s, dies at 101
1+ week, 4+ day ago (329+ words) Weinberg died in Leer, in northwestern Germany, weeks after he marked his birthday and the premiere of a film about his life, "Es ist immer in meinem Kopf" ("It is always in my head"), attended by hundreds of guests, the…...
A quiet memorial on Berlin sidewalks: German artist lays 'Stolpersteine' to honor Holocaust victims
2+ week, 3+ day ago (630+ words) After Demnig had swiped the sand off Berger's memorial stone and those for her husband and two sons, a dozen relatives drew closer around the four plaques, which are called Stolpersteine, or "stumbling blocks," in German. They put down white…...
80 years after the Holocaust, Jewish circus returns to Germany
11+ mon, 12+ hour ago (912+ words) (RNS) " From the stage, klezmer circus performer Eliana Pliskin Jacobs reflected on the name of her show, "Tshemodan," meaning "Suitcase," which she described as an "object so personal, carrying humanity's most universal story." "Some stories are packed up into suitcases…...
Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (952+ words) Bingham is among a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors marking the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht Sunday, at a time when antisemitism is on the rise, especially in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. The Nov. 9, 1938, attack was a stark turning point…...
Rediscovery of African American burial grounds provides long-overdue opportunities for collective healing
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (806+ words) (The Conversation) " In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were uncovered in the heart of downtown Charleston, South Carolina. They had lain hidden for some 200 years in an unmarked 18th-century burial ground. As…...
Japan's most sacred Shinto shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years for more than a millennium
8+ mon, 1+ day ago (1128+ words) An hour later, the head woodcutter shouts, "A tree is falling!" as one of the 300-year-old trees crashes down, the forest echoing with a deep crack. A moment after, the other cypress topples over. The ritualistic harvesting of this sacred…...
Faith groups mark atomic bombing anniversary with White House vigil and Pentagon arrests
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (742+ words) WASHINGTON (RNS) " On the anniversaries of the U. S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago, faith-based peace activists gathered at the Pentagon and the White House to call for nuclear disarmament and an end to war. On Saturday morning, the…...
Grief and hope: The theological legacy of Walter Brueggemann
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (228+ words) (RNS) " I first encountered Walter Brueggemann's work nearly 25 years ago, when "The Prophetic Imagination" was assigned in a seminary course I was taking. I can't remember what else we read that semester, but that book " slim, strange, electric " lodged itself…...