Tag: Hamburg
Coming home: 65-year-old hidden Jew celebrates his bar mitzvah
“My family were hidden Jews, but not anymore. With this coming of age ritual, I’m proudly reclaiming my Jewish heritage,” said Robert Powell, a 65-year-old Wisconsinite about his recent bar mitzvah at Chabad of...
Hamburg public prosecutor blames mental illness for attack on Jewish student
The American Jewish Committee is demanding the Hamburg public prosecutor’s office to reconsider its ruling that an anti-Semitic attack on a German Jewish student was due to mental illness.
Last October, a 26-year-old German Jewish student wearing...