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Book review: Peering into the black hole and dirty soul of the Weimar Republic

This is a fascinating study of inter-war Germany, but there are big Jewish gaps

By Harry Freedman

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Key figures in a tumultuous epoch: (left to right) Albert Einstein, Joseph Roth, Rosa Luxemburg, Walter Benjamin and Stefan Zweig
Rabbinical scholars: Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum, Louis Jacobs, Joseph Hertz and David Nieto. Far left: Rabbi Dr Zarum’s book

Questioning Belief, by Raphael Zarum – review: An essential resource that helps integrate Judaism with modernity

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Close up image depicting a rear view of two Jewish men sitting together inside a synagogue. They have their heads bowed in prayer and they are wearing the traditional Jewish skull cap - otherwise known as a kippah or yarmulke - on their heads. Horizontal color image with copy space.

It might not feel like it but the future is bright for Anglo-Jewry

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We were arguing in 1841 — and happily, the broiges is still going

We were arguing in 1841 — and happily, the broiges is still going

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