Wieland Hoban / 12 Sep 2022
A Palestinian Education
Farkha Festival Diary
Following a welcome ceremony on the evening of our arrival, the 27th annual Farkah Festival began.(...)
BDS
Heather Allansdottir / 15 Aug 2022
Universitet Lessons
Russia After the Arab Spring
In 2015, I moved to Moscow to spend a year teaching human rights. I lasted five months. As my former students from that time are arrested for protesting the Ukrainian war, here are some reflections on what I learned about the evil of Putin and the kindness of Russians.(...)
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.(...)
Wieland Hoban / 20 May 2021
German Jews and the Left
The Micha Brumlik Interview, Part I
Contemporary Jewish life in Germany is not what it once was. Still recovering from the Holocaust, its cultural figures lack the international stature that their pre-WWII predecessors still have. (...)
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 / 12 Mar 2021
The BDS Issue
The Ramsis Kilani Interview, Part III
When it comes to Palestine, it’s impossible to avoid the topic of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).(...)
Wieland Hoban / 25 Dec 2020
The BDS Crisis
Israel and Freedom of Speech in Germany
December 2020 was an eventful month for the discourse on Israel and Palestine in Germany.(...)
Joel Schalit / 28 Jun 2019
Notes From a Demonstration
Germany’s Moral Debt Crisis
No country, apart from the United States, is as riven with debate about its relationship with Israel as Germany.(...)
Mitchell Plitnick / 08 Feb 2019
The Palestine Problem
A Progressive Jewish View of the EU
“Israel is outraged over the legislation against it in the Dail which is indicative of hypocrisy and anti-Semitism.” That was the statement from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the lower house of the Irish parliament advanced a bill in late January that would make it illegal for anyone in Ireland to buy goods or services from Israel’s settlements in the West Bank.(...)