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Jewish in Europe - Part 1

June 8, 2021

What is life like for Jews in Europe today? What are their stories? How do they combine traditional and modern life? And how do they deal with marginalization and threats?

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Filmstills Dokumentation Jüdisch in Europa
Image: AVE

Filmstills Dokumentation Jüdisch in Europa
Image: AVE

"There is an everyday Jewish life in Europe that rarely gets shown. Debates about politics, the Middle East and anti-Semitism overshadow the diversity of Jewish life. That's why it was important for us to be able to capture it, just by spontaneously going there and seeing what was happening." This was the mission statement that led Swiss writer Yves Kugelmann and German film producer Alice Brauner, both Jewish, on a journey across Europe.

Filmstills Dokumentation Jüdisch in Europa
Image: AVE


The first part of this two-part documentary takes Brauner and Kugelmann to Marseille, Strasbourg, Frankfurt and Berlin. They talk about life in the Jewish quarter with Harold Weill, Chief Rabbi of Strasbourg, and ask whether he and his community feel threatened.
 

Fussball l Makkabi-Vorsitzender Alon Meyer
Image: MAKKABI Deutschland e. V./dpa/picture alliance



Alon Meyer, chairman of intercultural soccer club Makkabi Frankfurt and president of the Jewish sports organization Makkabi Germany, describes the hostility his team faces away from the field.
 

Deutscher Buchpreis 2017 | Sasha Marianna Salzmann, nominierte Autorin
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/A. Dedert


In Berlin, Brauner and Kugelmann meet the writer and dramatist Sasha Marianna Salzmann.

 


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