The writer Dana Vowinckel in an interview about pro-Palestinian protests in the USA. – Culture

The author Dana Vowinckel is currently visiting her boyfriend in New York, who is studying at New York University (NYU). Vowinckel's grandfather was a professor at the University of Chicago, and she spent her childhood summers on the campus there. Their successful debut “Gewasser im Ziplock” not only takes place between Berlin, Israel and Chicago, in this family story different Jewish identities come together, which are also important in contemporary discussions. The novel was written and published before October 7, 2023. With the Hamas attacks on Israel, the plot of the book became a prologue, Dana Vowinckel often says.