Musical Window into Jewishness
Musikalische Fenster zum Jude-Sein
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February 26, 2015
Music plays a large role in Jewish religious services.
Dawn at Amsterdam Airport Schipol. - by SL Wong
Dawn III
Die Morgendämmerung III
Travelling between Malaysia and Germany sometimes rewarded us with brilliant dawns en route. While waiting for our connecting flight at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, I took these photos ..
January 31, 2015
Rinderroulade (Beef Roulade) - by SL Wong
Rinderroulade
Rinderroulade
Like a lot of 'German' food, the hearty filled rolled meat dish which is Rinderroulade or beef roulade is not confined to Germany. Variations thereof are part of the cuisines of Austria (of course) and indeed, much of Central Europe.
January 28, 2015
Gardens for All
Gärten für Alle
Old bed frames and plastic containers are among the recycled materials that make up the community gardens at the former Tempelhof Airport, now a park.
January 25, 2015
The end of the Cold War. - by SL Wong
Trabi – Test the Best
Trabi - Test the Best
I positioned the toy Trabi with a piece of the Berlin Wall to pay tribute to 'Trabi – Test the Best', the famous painting of the car bursting through the Berlin Wall.
January 21, 2015
Billboard of anti-whaling campagin against Japan. - by SL Wong
Against Japanese Whaling
Gegen den Japanische Walfang
Friends got really upset when we showed them a picture of this billboard targeting Japan's whaling programme. Was it racist? I didn't think so but I can see ..
January 15, 2015
Checkpoint Station
Checkpoint Bahnhof
Before "Checkpoint Charlie", the U-Bahnhof Kochstraße's signboard blurb was "Final Station in Berlin West". But that was during the Cold War of course.
January 12, 2015
Arundhati Roy on Democracy
Arundhati Roys Demokratiekritik
I could hardly contain my excitement when I learned that Arundhati Roy was the keynote speaker at the 2009 Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin (Berlin International Literature Festival).
January 11, 2015
Spizahorn in Autumn - by SL Wong
Dawn II
Die Morgendämmerung II
Jetlag gets me up at dawn. It is autumn and the bedroom is suffused with a light yellow. The yellow is from the maple leaves shading my bedroom window. Which…
January 5, 2015
As a Duck Takes to Water
Die Ente in Ihrem Element
Oh Mallard, how do you do it? It's minus ten degrees out there, half the River Spree is frozen and all of Treptower Park is buried in snow. And yet…
January 3, 2015