Cory DoctorowAug 12, 2024

ngl, I didn't realize just how toxic German anti-anti-semitism was until a German gentile called me - a Jew - an antisemite on the basis that criticizing the finance sector was "structurally antisemitic"

https://jewishcurrents.org/the-strange-logic-of-germanys-antisemitism-bureaucrats

The Strange Logic of Germany’s Antisemitism Bureaucrats

An army of antisemitism commissioners was supposed to help Germany atone for its past. Critics say it is evidence of a memory effort gone haywire.

Jewish Currents
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@pluralistic I didn't know until I ran across Deborah Feldman, an American Jew living in Germany. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/13/germany-jewish-criticise-israel-tv-debate
Germany is a good place to be Jewish. Unless, like me, you’re a Jew who criticises Israel

The pro-Israel political consensus has shut out any dissenting voices – as I found in a TV debate with the vice-chancellor, says author Deborah Feldman

The Guardian
Aug 13, 2024 at 8:01pmWeb