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A rabbi from Detroit reads from
the Torah which his congregation
had gifted to Berlin

So read the headlines of a feature
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What An Experience
Ohel HaChidusch, because it is wel-
coming of those who are shunned
from other congregations, has had dif-
ficulty obtaining funding or any assis-
tance from Berlin's Jewish community.
How sad that they are discriminated
against as a congregation for being
open and welcoming. Many descen-
dants of pre-war Jews are discovering
their Jewish roots and are desirous of
connecting with the Jewish commu-
nity while pursuing conversion.
Unlike other Berlin congregations,
Ohel HaChidusch is welcoming of
those who wish to learn, experience
and grow into their Judaism.
In addition to participating in the
Shabbat and consecration services,
we toured Berlin, taking in the sites
of East and West, the remnants of the

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wall, the new government buildings,
the Reichstag, the Holocaust Memorial
and Museum, and numerous other
memorials and cemeteries. But most
of all, we listened to stories ... of the
war, the wall, Jewish life under com-
munism and the resurgent Jewish
community.

Thoughtful Moments
Cantor Jalda Rebling was born in
Amsterdam just after the war. At the
age of 2, her family moved to East
Berlin in a futile effort to help build a
socialist country of the highest stan-
dards. And there she has lived ever
since. She was active in the movement
that ultimately tore down the wall.
In a rare swift example of "what
goes around, comes around," Cantor
Jalda has accepted an offer to be Shir
Tikvah's High Holy Days cantor this fall
Ohel HaChidusch is always lay-lead for
the High Holy Days in order to be able
to afford Cantor Jalda the rest of the
year. She will grace our services with
her angelic voice and soulful spirit.
And as scholar-in-residence, she
will be in Troy Jan. 15-16 for services
and a Shabbat afternoon potluck third
meal with Havdalah.
As the son of Holocaust survivors,
for me anything German was loathed.
Buying anything German was impos-
sible, let alone traveling there. Many
times during our trip, I asked myself,
"What am I doing here?"
But most of the time, I found myself
impressed with the deliberate way
modern Germany deals with its past
and consciously learns from it. The
Holocaust is ever-present in Berlin as it
actively informs Germans how to make
their present and future more civilized.
It appears to me that a future holocaust
could happen in most any place around
the world sooner than in Germany. ri