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klezmer music. Not only does the
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bookstore sell cassettes and compact
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ly "in." And this trend makes the city
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which is now the capital of Germany
concerts are a popular form of enter-
even more interesting. Of course, it
tainment.
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has much to offer visitors even with-
The growing interest in Jewish
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walking tour,
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ing interest in
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sites honoring
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Jewish activi-
— a sculpture
ties, and there
honoring an act
is a bulletin
of resistance to
board listing
the Nazis; a
numerous
memorial to
events.
Moses
Still another
Mendelsohn;
Jewish commu-
the spot where
nity center is in The New Synagogue in Berlin.
the first public
eastern Berlin.
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This one adjoins Berlin's most famous
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Berlin once stood as well as those
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numbers 10,000 affiliated Jews, but it's
Berlin's Jewish flavor even extends
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estimated that the actual number is
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Jewish day schools and community
kosher event. And the banquet staff is
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of cultural events.
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the less tangible aspect: In Berlin,
hood of eastern Berlin which our
Jewish culture — the music, the histo-
walking tour had covered and to

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