Germany Combats Antisemitism with New 'Rent-a-Jew' Program

Do we have horns? Do we all know each other? Why do we control Hollywood, the media, and the banking industry?

Curious Germans might find answers to these questions through a new program designed to combat antisemitism called "Rent-A-Jew." Many Germans "have never met a Jewish person," writes Deutsche Welle, and the new program wants to change that.

There is a reason many of us "Jews" aren't milling about Germany anymore.

How many of you have met a Jew?" At a technical college in Solingen, Western Germany, 15 out of 20 cautious teenagers answer with just as many variations of no.

"I've most likely crossed paths with one," says one student. "But I wouldn't necessarily know."

We are stereotyped as sneaky, after all.

"You never forget your first," the project's tagline reads. The initiative - with its admittedly provocative name - was launched by the Munich-based European Janusz Korczak Academy.

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