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Elisabeth Becker

Elisabeth Becker is a sociologist, currently the Freigeist Fellow at Heidelberg University.

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    A Celebration of Overlapping Faiths

    This year, our family will mark Passover, Easter, and Ramadan at the same time—and honor the three religions that contributed to my children’s heritage

    byElisabeth Becker
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    Worms Synagogue compound
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    Jerusalem on the Rhine

    Preserving the history of three German cities that loom large in Jewish history: Speyer, Worms, and Mainz

    byElisabeth Becker
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    People of the Books

    How German literature—and the German language—helped me discover what Judaism meant to me

    byElisabeth Becker
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    A Revived Congregation’s New Vision Has Old Roots

    Berlin’s Neue Synagogue draws an unusually diverse crowd—but that’s been true since it opened more than 150 years ago

    byElisabeth Becker
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    Stumbling Over History in Berlin

    Living in a city where reminders of the Holocaust are everywhere has given me unexpected opportunities to teach my children about the past

    byElisabeth Becker
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    Jewcomer

    At age 34, far from home, I joined a synagogue for the first time—in Charlottesville

    byElisabeth Becker
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