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Caro S.Nov 8, 2023

Freedom for the One Who Thinks Differently
An open letter from a group of Jewish artists, writers, and scholars in Germany

"Bans on demonstrations and their violent enforcement only provoke and escalate violence. We also contend that the perceived threat of such assemblies grossly inverts the actual threat to Jewish life in Germany, where, according to the federal police, the “vast majority” of anti-Semitic crimes—around 84 percent—are committed by the German far right. If this is an attempt to atone for German history, its effect is to risk repeating it."

https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/freedom-for-the-one-who-thinks-differently/

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Freedom for the One Who Thinks Differently

What frightens us is the prevailing atmosphere of racism and xenophobia in Germany, hand in hand with a constraining and paternalistic philo-Semitism. We reject in particular the conflation of anti-Semitism and any criticism of the state of Israel.

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