Andreas Nachama is an ordained rabbi and the executive director of the Topographie of Terror Foundation. He has served as head of the Berliner Festspiele, the chairman of Berlin s Jewish community, and as the artistic director of the Judische Kulturtage. Julius H. Schoeps is the founding director of the Vienna Jewish Museum and a professor of modern history at the University of Potsdam, where he also directs the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European Jewish Studies. He is the author of "A Road to Nowhere," "Salomon Luwig Steinheim," and "Theodor Herzl 1860-1904." Hermann Simon is the director of the New Synagogue Berlin Centrum Judaicum Foundation, and directed the reconstruction of the New Synagogue as Centrum Judaicum. He is the author of "Hidden Champions of the Twenty-First Century "and "Manage for Profit, Not for Market Share." They all live in Berlin."
Berlin is now a major destination for American Jewish tour groups. Jews loved Berlin - a city that alternately freed and destroyed them. Carefully recounting this confounding tale, Jews in Berlin honors the complexity of an unfathomable relationship. - Ira Wolfman, The Jewish Book Council "Finally, a comprehensive book on the history of Jews in Berlin has arrived! Never has there been such a complete overview-supported by wonderful illustrations." Berliner Zeitung, Berlin's largest daily newspaper "This book offers an outstanding and thorough overview of more than seven centuries of Jewish life in Berlin. . . . An indispensible read on Berlin's cultural history." Portal Kunstgeschichte, online magazine on art and art history "...this book [has] . . . become a captivating read that promises a wealth of enjoyment, especially for a non-academic public." taz, die tageszeitung, Berlin's liberal daily newspaper "This book presents centuries of history of Jewish life in Berlin as a vivid and comprehensive impression of development, illustrated by a richness of documents, profiles, and images." Katholische Kirchenzeitung, German Catholic weekly news magazine
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