During his stay in Jerusalem in 1961, Ginsberg insisted on meeting Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem. I German Jerusalem i is the English translation of Thomas Sparr's German-language book, originally entitled I Grunewald im Orient i , a reference to the affluent neighborhood in West Berlin, with its villas, gardens, dense history, and bourgeois residents. One strange Jerusalem encounter is absent from the book, that between Martin Buber, Gershom Scholem, and Allen Ginsberg. [Extracted from the article]
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