Berlin Jews in a glass box

Berlinski Židovi u staklenoj kutiji

An exhibit item at the Jewish Museum in Berlin which has a Jewish man or woman sitting inside a glass box for two hours a day to answer visitors’ questions about Jews and Jewish life is causing controversy.

Izložba u Židovskom muzeju u Berlinu ima staklenu kutiju u kojoj sjedi Židov ili Židovka i dva sata na dan odgovara na pitanja posjetilaca o Židovima i židovskom živoTu. Ta je izložba izazvala različitu reakciju.

iZLOŽBA "cIJELA ISTINA KOJU ŽELITE ZNATI O ŽIDOVIMA" KOJA JE OTVORENA OVOG MJESECA ILI " ŽIDOV U KUTIJI" KAKO SE POPULARNO ZOVE,  JE IZAZVALA OŠTRU KRITIKU U ŽIDOVSKOJ ZAJEDNICI, OSOBITO U GRADU ODAKLE JE RUKOVOĐENO NACISTIČKO UBIJANJE 6 MILIJUNA žIDOVA.

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“Why don’t they give him a banana and a glass of water, turn up the heat and make the Jew feel really cozy in his glass box,” Stephan Kramer, the secretary-general of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, an EJC affiliate, told The Associated Press. “They actually asked me if I wanted to participate. But I told them I’m not available.”

Museum curator Miriam Goldmann, who is Jewish, believes the exhibit’s provocative “in your face” approach is the best way to overcome the emotional barriers and deal with a subject that remains painful for both Jews and non-Jews. “We wanted to provoke, that’s true, and some people may find the show outrageous or objectionable,” Goldmann said. “But that’s fine by us.”