W. Michael Blumenthal

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As varied as his professional career was, so were the stations in his life: Forced by the National Socialists to leave Germany at a young age, Werner Michael Blumenthal grew up in Shanghai. He studied and worked in the USA, later serving the country under various presidents. In 1997, he accepted a call to Berlin and founded the Jewish Museum Berlin. Today, he still assists the museum in an advisory capacity.

Neo-Orthodoxy

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For most German Jews, the first decades of the nineteenth century were a period of relentless change. In large parts of western Germany, they had been emancipated and granted civil rights thanks to the Enlightenment and the Napoleonic occupation, only to swiftly become second-class citizens all over again when the French troops retreated in 1814. Among Jews, however, the winds of change kept blowing.

Jüdenstraße (Berlin-Spandau)

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Jüdenstraße is a traffic route in the old town of the Berlin district of Spandau and was in the Middle Ages residential area of the Jews of Spandau. It begins at the Altstädter Ring and crosses there the Mühlengraben, crosses the Moritzstraße as well as the Ritterstraße and meets at its northern end again the Viktoria-Ufer. The street originated in the 14th century. The word "Jüden" is a transliterated variant of the Middle High German word "Juden". This street received its name after the Jews living there at that time. The earliest known record of the name dates back to 1537.

Shalom Rollberg (Berlin)

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Shalom Rollberg is a dialogue project in Berlin-Neukölln that facilitates encounters between Muslim children and young people and Jewish volunteers. The project is an initiative of MORUS 14, a non-profit association that has been promoting education, integration and violence prevention in the neighborhood since 2003. Shalom Rollberg offers help for students, group work and events and initiates interreligious encounters in order to break down prejudices and achieve peaceful coexistence.