The celebrated author of “The Metamorphosis” had a lifelong interest in Jewish ideas, especially Yiddish theater. (JTA) – Franz Kafka was a devotee of Yiddish theater, fell in love with his ...

if they ever mentioned Kafka at all, did not refer to him as a Czech author but, following the official line, as a German writer. The fact that he was Jewish did not help him to be accepted in ...

Philip Kafka, a developer who has earned praise and derision for his redevelopment projects, took over the Detroit Institute of Bagels from its original Jewish owner. DETROIT — Arad Kauf sits in ...

Jewish writers and philosophers in the German tradition from Mendelssohn and Herz to Freud, Benjamin, Kafka and contemporary authors such as Dischereit, Biller, and Behrens; post-WWII Jewish ...

But Kafka was also a proud Jew and Zionist who studied Hebrew in anticipation of settling in Palestine. He no doubt was familiar with the admonition of 19th-century German-Jewish poet Heinrich ...

The actor, who has Swiss and Israeli-Jewish heritage, said it was "oddly comforting" to play Kafka after so many roles as Nazis in films like Land of Mine or series like Generation War.

On view are original and related items that illuminate Kafka’s life story, his works, his relationships and his attitudes toward Judaism, Yiddish and Zionism. The first section of the exhibit ...

Israel's National Library is exhibiting rare personal papers of the famous Czech Jewish writer Franz Kafka, which details the peculiar author's daily life and struggles – in addition to his ...

His research treats modern German literature and culture, the entanglement of German and Jewish intellectual traditions, and the relationship between literature and philosophy. He is completing a book ...