Alisa Poplavskaya’s workshop on mindfulness was one of the offerings at the recent Junction conference on “transitions,” which drew more than 160 young Jewish adults to the German capital. (Bokeh Graphik/JDC)
BERLIN (JTA) — It’s a drizzly Saturday morning in May. Some 160 young Jews, mostly European and ranging from Orthodox to secular, have come to the Hotel Berlin to talk about everything under the sun. Well, almost.
The upbeat, weekend-long event did not focus on anti-Semitism, the Holocaust or Israel, and thus the gathering reflected a shifting approach to Jewish continuity in Europe, 72 years after the end of World War …read more
Source: JTA
