Publications:

Monographs:

The Ultraorthodox Jews in at the 21st Century, Berlin 2021 (in print). [in German]

Exile or Home? The Immigration and Integration of Polish Jews from 1968 into Israel: a qualitative case study based on interview analysis, Potsdam 2014. [in German]

Documentary Movie:

„There is No Return to Egypt“. Polish Jews from 1968 in Israel today, 45mins, Potsdam, 2014. [in Polish and Hebrew with German and English subtitles]

Link: https://web.ub.uni-potsdam.de/php/show_multimediafile.php?mediafile_id=508

Papers (selection):

„Grandpa, next month I’ll move to Berlin“. The Return of Israeli Jews to Germany in Israeli Documentary Films in the 21st Century, in: Doron Kiesel and Lea Wohl (eds.), Ambivalences. Jewish Filmmakers and their Relationship to Germany, Berlin 2020 (in print). [in German]

„Entre Aversion et nostalgie. Immigration et intégration des Juifs polonais de 1968 en Israel – analyse d’interviews et documentation filmée“, Bulletin du Centre de recherche fran recherche français à Jérusalem, 22, 2013.

„The 1968 Immigrants from Poland in Israel. A documentary film by Eik Dödtmann and Klemens Czyzydlo”, in: Israel and Poland in 1945-2005. Selected Aspects of Jewish Life in Both Countries, Kraków, pp. 43-53.

Selected journalistic articles, book reviews, interviews [originals in German]:

“In the Name of Zionism. How Jewish Immigrants change their Names into Hebrew because of Ideology, to have better Career Chances or in Fear of Discrimination”, Jüdische Zeitung, July 2014.

“«They are there, we are here». Shalom Cohen is the new spiritual leader of the Sephardic- religious Party Shass“, Jüdische Zeitung, June 2014.

“In the Future even more rightwing? A recent survey shows that the majority of Israelis in the Age between 15 to 18 support rightwing parties”, Jüdische Zeitung, May 2014. “Working Poor. The price for the dynamic and resilient Israeli job market are noticable losses in income and a growing social division“, Jüdische Zeitung, May 2014.

“«The Law of Return is a Problem ». The Ashkenazi of Israel, David Lau, about Burocracy in his institution, about Immigration and about the Rights of Women“, Jüdische Zeitung, May 2014.

“Everyone to the Guns. A growing number of Women avoid military service by passing themselves off as religious. Now there’s a new law to prevent this phenomena“, Jüdische Zeitung, April 2014.

“«The Water Scarcity is one-sided and it’s Policy made». The German Hydrogeologist Clemens Messerschmid about the Water Sources in Israel-Palestine, about restrictive Ressource Policy and the Solution to end the present injustice “, Jüdische Zeitung, April 2014.

“Lazy and incompetent. In the Future, the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Israel will demand a proof of work from State Municipal Rabbis “, Jüdische Zeitung, March 2014.

“Safe Investment Port. Israel has become a Tax Haven for rich Diaspora Jews, the Government is looking for ways to change this situation“, Jüdische Zeitung, February 2014.

“A piece of equality. The Israeli chief rabbinate must open state supervision of to women“, Jüdische Zeitung, February 2014.

“Education as a way out. Ethiopian women marry later than the average Jewish woman in Israel“, Jüdische Zeitung, January 2014.

“And the loser is: Democracy. Great disinterest of voters in local elections in Israel“, Jüdische Zeitung, December 2013.

“More , less Democracy. The recent Democracy Index shows: Half of Israeli Jews demand more rights for themselves than for Non-Jews“, Jüdische Zeitung, December 2013.

“Good Partners. Kenia is Israel‘s strongest ally in Africa“, Jüdische Zeitung, November 2013.

“A question of character. The Mayor of Nazareth-Illit rejects the building of an Arab school in his city. A new debate about racism has broken out in the country“, Jüdische Zeitung, October 2013.

“The Return of the Plague. Starting in the south of the state, extra polio vaccinations are now being carried out nationwide in Israel“, Jüdische Zeitung, October 2013.

“Amazon Jews are allowed in into Israel. After a long tug between the Ministry of the Interior and conservative Judaism, 284 Peruvian converts can now immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return“, Jüdische Zeitung, September 2013.

“No Big Macs in Ariel. The fast food giant McDonald’s decides not to set up a branch in the settler town of Ariel. In response, Israeli settlers call for boycott“, Jüdische Zeitung, September 2013. “The last 48er. The author and free spirit Yoram Kaniuk died at the age of 83“, Jüdische Zeitung, August 2013.

“Ikea in the Holy Land: Are Köttbullar kosher or not?“, German Press Agency, August 26, 2012.

“«We have to believe, that there is another Future». Rabbi Arik Asherman, chair of Rabbis for Human Rights, in interview“, Jüdische Zeitung, July 2012.

“Are the Taliban genetically Jews? Jewish genetic research leads to strange and controversial research projects: from India to Portugal“, Jüdische Zeitung, July 2012.

“For the sake of peace. The Israeli publicist and peace activist Uri Avnery on censorship in the Israeli media, the parliamentary elections in February and the situation of the peace movement“, Jüdische Zeitung, February 2009.

“When and how was the Jewish people invented? An Israeli historian is doing basic research“, Jüdische Zeitung, August 2008.

Interviews given:

“The idea of Zionism is an attack on our religion. Ultra-Orthodox against the State of Israel“, Stefanie Oswalt, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, May 6, 2018.

Link: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/ultra-orthodoxe-gegen-den-staat-israel-die-idee- des.1278.de.html?dram:article_id=417316

“A premodern world. On the growing influence of the ultra-Orthodox in Israel “, Sebastian Engelbrecht, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, April 3, 2012.

Link: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/eine-vormoderne-welt.979.de.html? dram:article_id=153058