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How Germany’s unusual approach to fighting antisemitism is ensnaring Jews who are critical of Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY Germany's efforts to combat antisemitism have recently attracted criticism for how they handle pro-Palestinian demonstrations, even when led by Jews critical of Israeli policies. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GermanyFree SpeechAnti ZionismJewish ActivismPro PalestinianIsraeli PoliciesFelix KleinIris Hefets

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Berlin, Germany
"The first time Iris Hefets was detained by German police, she was standing alone on a street corner in Berlin with a sign that read, As a Jew and Israeli, stop the genocide in Gaza."
Israel
"Hefets, a 60-year-old psychoanalyst who moved from Israel in 2002, was standing by herself because Berlin authorities had barred activist groups from holding pro-Palestinian demonstrations after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"Klein announced last month that he will leave his post, which he has held for eight years, this summer to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris."
Buchenwald, Thuringia, Germany
"Disputes over Israel recently erupted at the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial, as both Israels critics and its defenders claim the Holocaust for their terrain."
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
"The exhibition centered on sex workers in Cape Town and was unrelated to Israel."
New York City, New York, United States
"According to A. Dirk Moses, a scholar of genocide, memory studies and modern Germany at the City College of New York."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Deborah Feldman, the Brooklyn-born ex-Orthodox Jew and author of the bestselling book Unorthodox who moved to Berlin in 2014, said she saw invitations to promote her latest book canceled in 2023."
Russian Federation
"Other Jewish intellectuals who dont live in Germany say they have been shunned from coming. The Russian-American writer M. Gessen had a prestigious award from the Heinrich Bll Foundation pulled in December 2023."

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