Dana Vowinckel on writing about Jewish life in Berlin | Dichtung & Wahrheit #13

The Dichtung & Wahrheit podcast is back from summer holidays with a new episode, and this time with a new moderator, Silke Hohmann. In Silke’s first episode, she speaks with Dana Vowinckel about what it means to be Jewish in Germany today. Dana talks about the heterogeneity of the Jewish community and about the contentious issue of Jewish identity—and about how a diverse range of Jewish voices in contemporary literature can help to give an accurate picture of the multifaceted nature of the Jewish community.  

In her debut novel, The World in a Ziplock Bag, Vowinckel tells about a summer split between Berlin, Chicago, and Israel, about a young woman searching for her roots, and about a modern Jewish family with all its charms, contradictions, and conflicts.

You can listen to the episode here, or on your favorite streaming platform.