Together we are strong: Hala el Ghannam, Consul General of Egypt, and Mohamed Imed Torjemane, Consul of Tunisia believe in a common future for their countries. 

On occasion of the first anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution, Hala El Ghannam, Consul-General of Egypt, invited to a commemoration ceremony at the Lippmann salon of Hamburg's Department of Finance. Besides many Egyptians living in Hamburg and northern Germany, who were welcomed by the diplomat, were also State Secretaries Dr. Nikolas Hill from the Hamburg Authority of Culture and Jan Pörksen from the Hamburg Authority of Social Affairs. Moreover, some diplomats attended in order to show their solidarity, including Sylvie Massière, Consul-General of France and Devrim Ötztürk,  Consul-General of Turkey. Also Inmi Patterson, US-Consul-General, joined the celebration of the historical moment, in which the will of the people was stronger than that of the powers-that -be. Guest of honour was Mohamed Imed Torjemane, Consul of Tunisia, where the Arab Revolution had started at the end of December 2009.

Comedy | Drama

[Running time: 115 minutes | Director: Alexander Payne]

The film is on general release as from January 26, 2011

George Clooney as slightly stressed father

A heart-warming, brilliantly acted film decorated  with beautiful landscapes was the surprise movie at UCI Mundsburg this time.

Shlomo Bistritzky (centre) with Chief Rabbi Jona Metzger (l.) and Rabbi Mosche Kotiarsky (r.), chief of the Chabbad Rabbis showing the letter of appointment. 

It was a historical moment. On January 16th, the only 34 years old Shlomo Bistritzky was appointed Rabbi of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. A ceremony in the synagogue in Hohe Weide took place in front of about 70 rabbis from all over the world and about 330 guests of the Jewish community. Shlomo Bistritzki was born in Israel, studied in Manchester, New York and Berlin and moved to Hamburg in 2003. Here, he founded the Chabad Lubawitsch Society e.V. caring for elderly and ill members of the community and gave new impulses to the communal life of the Jewry in Hamburg together with his wife Chani, who is teaching Hebrew and religion at the Talmund Tora School, where his grandfather Loeb went to school before he had to flee the Nazis. In order to attend the inauguration of his grandchild, the 80 years old Loeb Bistritzky travelled from Israel to Hamburg for the second time since 2006.