A distant relative of Hermann Goering is on his way to becoming Jewish, according to reports in Germany’s Spiegel Online magazine. Matthias Goering, 49, lives in Zurich and has begun observing some of the practices of Orthodox Judaism, including wearing a kipah and keeping kosher.
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