“…The novel ends on a plain somewhere between Moscow and Berlin, where the final battle for Jerusalem is being waged. …”

“…At the same time, Germany--and Berlin in particular--attracted both secular and religious Jewish scholars from eastern Europe. …”

“…The keynote speaker was Heinz-Elmar Tenorth, Professor of Historical Education in Berlin. Heinz Rieter and Rainer Nicolaysen awarded two lecture hall names, the socio-economic economist Eduard Heimann (1889-1967)(Lecture Hall H) and the lawyer Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1874-1936) (Lecture Hall K). …”