{"product_id":"9783739635408","title":"With chutzpah and kippah: An American Jew's discovery of Germany","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith chutzpah and kippah…\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most dangerous thing a Jew can do in Germany”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to my fellow Jews in Germany, \"the most dangerous thing” was to put on a kippah and then wear it in public, and to thus let everybody encountering you on the street know that a Jew was in their midst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that’s precisely what I did on December 1, 2012. I put a kippah on my bald head and went out my front door in Munich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere’s what my fellow-Jews predicted would happen to me:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"They’ll spit on you!” \"They’ll call you a kike!” \"They won’t say anything, but they will glare at you!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat actually happened disproved their predictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the last three +years, in Munich, Berlin, Hamburg and dozens of other cities in Germany, I have had a series of wonderful, heartwarming experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"With chutzpah and kippa” is about these experiences.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is also about how a very normal reformed American Jew came to live in Germany, and came to decide to wear a kippah every single minute in public in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is also about  what it meant and what it means to be Jewish in the USA, India, Hong Kong and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd about atonement, remembrance and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActually, to be totally honest, it’s an opportunity to wow you with my favorite anecdotes. They are all true. And unadorned. Well, a little bit of schmalz never hurt anybody.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookRix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139453272304,"sku":"9783739635408","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783739635408_p0.jpg?v=1763679094","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783739635408","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}