Day Four
Friday December 19, 2008
Political Germany in a Nutshell
9:00am
Meeting and discussion with Daniel Keriner, Deputy Director German Federal Foreign Office
11:00am
Meeting and discussion with Hans-Ulrich Klose, Member of German Parliament. Depute Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Noon
Reichstag Building. Visiting the German Parliament Building, meeting place of the Bundestag.
4:00pm Shabbat Service
***Today was all about politics, especially foreign policy. Many of the questions were focused on German’s role in contemporary foreign policy and how (if at all) Germany can use their history of genocide as a motivation to be on the forefront of efforts to stop current and prevent future crimes against humanity. It is clear that the participants in this program believe that Germany has a responsibility to the world, not just to Israel and the Jewish community.
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