27.01.2012                      03.Schwat. 5772                      Auschwitz-Gedenk-Tag

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Welcome to the fastest-growing Jewish community in the world: Germany

Jewish Voice from Germany, published by former Israeli, marks renaissance of long-dormant culture.

For 10-year-old Rafael Seligmann, leaving Israel for Germany in 1957 was a trauma, but for his parents it was a return to the homeland they had fled 20 years earlier. Today, Seligmann, 65, a successful journalist and novelist, is a firm believer in the rebirth of German-Jewish life, and has just launched a new quarterly, Jewish Voice from Germany, with the hope of helping the new generation of Jews there.
Seligmann emerged in the German public consciousness in the 1970s through his articles in leading publications such as Der Spiegel, Bild, Die Welt and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He also published six novels – his first, "Rubenstein's Auction" (1988 ), was recognized as the first German novel written by a Jew after the Second World War….