Wieland Hoban / 09 Jun 2021
German Cancel Culture
The Case of Israel-Palestine
While Palestine solidarity activities have long been common in European countries such as the UK and Spain, in Germany, the situation is markedly different.(...)
antisemitism
Wieland Hoban / 26 May 2021
Still Too Close to the Holocaust
The Micha Brumlik Interview, Part II
His academic career is self-evident. Micha Brumlik is extremely cautious with how he characterises Jewish life in today’s Germany.(...)
Wieland Hoban / 12 May 2021
1700 Years of German Jewish Culture
The Rocky Road to Normalisation, Part II
While it’s unsurprising to see Felix Klein – who tends to accuse people of Antisemitism, including Jews – among endorsers of the 1948 Exhibition, it’s less predictable to find him interviewed in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, a magazine covering contemporary art music, founded by Robert Schumann.(...)
Wieland Hoban / 07 May 2021
The Rocky Road to Normalisation
Celebrating Jewish Germany, Part I
The year 2021 marks 1700 years of “Jewish life” in Germany. (...)
Ari Paul / 28 Apr 2021
White Supremacist Rhetoric
The Tucker Carlson Problem
One of the most mainstream and establishment American Jewish organisations is calling for Fox News host Tucker Carlson to resign.(...)
Wieland Hoban / 14 Apr 2021
Antisemitism and its Privileges
The JID Interview, Part III
Israel and Antisemitism are synonymous with one another. Not because Israel means Jewish, but because the country was founded by Jews, as a response to European racism.(...)
Wieland Hoban / 06 Apr 2021
Jews and the German Left
The JID Interview, Part II
Like Muslims, Jews in Germany often complain about being stereotyped. (...)
Wieland Hoban / 26 Mar 2021
Jewish in Germany
The JID Interview, Part I
Israelis in Germany. Say what? Few stories about European immigration have been as loaded, and complex as those about Jews moving from the Middle East to Germany. (...)
Wieland Hoban / 04 Mar 2021
Palestinians and the German Left
The Ramsis Kilani Interview, Part II
If it was just about numbers, in Germany, Jews and Palestinians could be equals. (...)
John Foster / 05 Feb 2021
Putting an End to Populism
The Fake War Against Elites
House Republicans met on Thursday to consider two fraught issues, which will define what kind of conservative party it is once and for all.(...)