What does it say about Germany today that in order to see some Jews you’ve got to go to a museum?
By Benjamin Weinthal, ForeignPolicy.com, April 4, 2013

BERLIN — It's safe to assume that the German organizers of an exhibit that centers around a Jew sitting in a Plexiglas box, answering questions from museum-goers, anticipated some controversy. "We wanted to provoke, that's true, and some people may find the show outrageous or objectionable. But that's fine by us," the Berlin Jewish Museum's curator says of the exhibit, "The Whole Truth... everything you always wanted to know about Jews." But even they may not have anticipated the level of vitriol that has greeted the project.

The general secretary of the 105,000-member Central Council of Jews in Germany, Stephan J. Kramer, promptly ridiculed the exhibition, saying, "Why don't they give him a banana and a glass of water, turn up the heat and make the Jew feel really cozy in his glass box?" According to Kramer, "They actually asked me if I wanted to participate. But I told them I'm not available." Criticism has come from all sides: The popular German-language pro-Israel, pro-American website, Die Achse des Guten (The Axis of Good), labeled the exhibit "Jews for Dummies." [.....]