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The Pain of Two Homelands – The Story of the Yekke (German-Jewish) Aliyah

Monday, October 26, 2026

17:00–18:00

Yad Izhak Ben Zvi, זום

₪59

When the Nazis rose to power, immigrants from Germany began arriving in the Land of Israel. This wave became known as the "Yekke aliyah", even though most of the Fifth Aliyah was made up of Jews from Poland. What did the Yekke Jews contribute to the Zionist enterprise? What difficulties did they face in adapting? And what culture grew up around their character and heritage?

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