German Jerusalem

The Remarkable Life of a German-Jewish Neighbourhood in the Holy City

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Planned at the beginning of the 1920s as a garden city on the fringes of Jerusalem, the suburbs of Talbiyeh and Rehavia became a centre of emigration for German Jews from 1933 onwards, acquiring the nickname 'Grunewald on the Orient' - a reference to the residential south-western district of Berlin. The neighbourhood became a vibrant German-Jewish microcosm with residents including the poet and playwright Else Lasker-Schuler, the historian Gershom Scholem, and the philosopher and scholar Martin Buber. It was an idyllic setting, but life was also tough and could be unforgiving; the city had long been divided, and the residents of Talbiyeh and Rehavia found themselves caught up in the conflict. After the war, the recent history of the Shoah weighed heavily on the neighbourhood's inhabitants, but it also became a place of German Israeli rapprochement. German Jerusalem is a story of a culturally distinctive community, and a fascinating biography of those who lived and worked there.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-07-18
Mått129 x 198 x 19 mm
Vikt200 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor207
FörlagHaus Publishing
ISBN9781914979040
ÖversättareBrown, Stephen

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Foreword ixThe Journey to London 1Evening in Jerusalem 13Rehavia as a Way of life and Thought 27Arrival of the architects 30Käsebier takes Jerusalem 36Of love and Darkness 39Beginnings 43The Hebrew Gymnasium 48Visitors 51A Zionist Official 60Gingeria 62‘rehavia stays German!’ 65Synagogues in rehavia 68The Taste of rehavia 77Life stories of a neighbourhood 87Kabbalist: Gershom scholem 87Mother’s Boy: Betty and Gershom scholem 98Guest arabs: Brit shalom 102Utopian rehavia: Walter Benjamin 105Concubine: a Club in Jerusalem 109The sorcerer’s apprentice: George lichtheim 115Professor unworldly: escha and Gershom scholem 118rediscovery: Werner Kraft 120In the land of Israel: ludwig strauß 131From merhavia to rehavia: Tuvia rübner 133Heavenly rehavia: else lasker-schüler 1351948: rehavia Besieged 143a Birthday in Jerusalem: martin Buber andBaruch Kurzweil 147Geography of the soul: lea Goldberg 150eichmann in rehavia: Hannah arendt 154‘Homeland – What number are You?’ maschaKaléko in Jerusalem 159arrival of the Chancellor: Konrad adenauer 166self-Displaced Person: Peter szondi 170‘say, that Jerusalem is’: Ilana shmueli and Paul Celan 176rehavia revisited 181Acknowledgements 189Bibliography 191Index 203

'Sparr ... is an engaging guide, with a fine eye for detail. Ably translated by Stephen Brown, he walks us through apartments, schools and cafes and takes us into the lives of Rehavia's former luminaries and visitors. German Jerusalem is a sparkling introduction with a dazzling cast.'Times Literary Supplement 'An elegiac, anecdotal study' Literary Review 'This engag ing ly writ ten his to ry brings a sig nif i cant neigh borhood to life as it nar rates the sto ry of its res i dents, entic ing those who may not be famil iar with this part of Jerusalem to fur ther explore its his tor i cal roots as well as its mod ern joys.'Jewish Book Council 'A compelling chronicle of an oft-overlooked piece of 20th-century European history' Kirkus Review 'Sparr's intellectual enterprise of reconstitution and research of half-erased traces is eminently seductive.' History: Reviews of New Books Journal '[Sparr is] like one of those highly-qualified ''blue'' guides who know so much about London - and can make every detail interesting.'Association of Jewish Refugees Journal