As an Aussie and an Orthodox Jew, this warms the cockles of my heart, and would probably warm my belly too: A microbrewery in eastern Germany has found success with a new niche product: officially certified kosher beer. The first 30,000 bottles of Simcha pilsner – a name that means joy in Hebrew – have [...]
Islam Online reports on the efforts of one German hotel to accomodate their Saudi guests during the World Cup. Alcohol from mini bars and the nude photos in the fitness area have been removed and porn TV channels turned off in a hotel in northern Germany, which plays host to the Saudi soccer team vying [...]
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has denied the Holocaust denying quotes attributed to him by the Iranian government owned daily Jomhouri Islami. Helmut Kohl’s chief assistant told WorldNetDaily the former German chancellor denies an Iranian newspaper’s claim that he agreed with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s assertion the Holocaust was a myth. Kohl “rejects firmly the [...]
Iran Focus has this disturbing report concerning former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Tehran, Iran, Mar. 06 ‚Äì Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl reportedly told Iranian businessmen in Germany that he agreed with statements by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Holocaust was a “myth”, the semi-official Jomhouri Islami reported on Monday. The government-owned daily [...]
In Germany, a Muslim cultural institute has spoken out against Gorilla Boy: A Muslim cultural institute in Germany on Monday criticized Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad for disparaging the Holocaust, daring him to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp. “In this place of horror he can again deny the Holocaust, if he has the courage,” a spokesman [...]
Former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer does not seem to think much of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is not a man of peace, although his decision to withdraw troops from the Gaza Strip will have a lasting impact on the region, former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer said in [...]
Picture a German book fair. There are many books on display, including such timeless classics as The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, The International Jew, and Tale of the “Chosen People.” Is it 1933? 1935? 1942? Try 2005. And the sellers are none other than those peace-loving Iranians. [...]
Exit polls for the German elections indicate that the Christian Democrat party of conservative challenger Angela Merkel is in the lead, but is falling short of the majority needed to form a conservative-liberal government. For a more comprehensive coverage of the German elections, see Davids Medienkritik. For my own amateur thoughts on the [...]
The BBC reports: Historians working in Germany and the US claim to have found a 60-year-old diagram showing a Nazi nuclear bomb. It is the only known drawing of a “nuke” made by Nazi experts and appears in a report held by a private archive. Makes you think, doesn’t it? Although perhaps it was [...]
Germans have a reputation for not having a sense of humor. While this is an unfair generalization, for some it is accurate. The deputy leader of the German state of Bremen resigned after pouring sparkling wine over the head of a homeless man in an apparent joke that went wrong. Peter Gloystein of the [...]
