Category Archives: In English

„You don’t know what you’ve got ‚till it’s gone!” I had to think of this line from the song „Big Yellow Taxi“ by singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell when I heard about Adam Schlesinger’s untimely demise: „Don’t it always seem to go, … Weiterlesen →

Sabine Müller of the Hessian public broadcasting system is deeply disappointed about how Israel recently commemorated the Holocaust. In a commentary for German national public broadcasting, Sabine Müller wrote: „It certainly wasn’t Federal President Steinmeier’s fault when the commemoration day … Weiterlesen →

Not sharing the same sense of humor is as irreconcilable as not believing in the same gods. Just as fundamentalists accuse each other of not believing in the right god, people with different senses of humor can even end up … Weiterlesen →

Dear Banksy, For this Christmas season, you created a special nativity scene. You call your artwork „The Scar of Bethlehem“. Mary and Joseph, ox and donkey and the baby Jesus are arranged on straw bedding in front of a wall … Weiterlesen →

In the past, a majority in the Democratic Party violently opposed the abolition of slavery by the Republicans under Lincoln. Then they agitated politically against the Republicans who gave former slaves the right to vote. Some Democrats reacted by creating … Weiterlesen →

In December 2019, The German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated: „Peace has never been achieved through military means“. He is therefore insinuating that the war against Nazi Germany hadn’t created peace. Dear citizens of America, Britain, France, Russia, Canada, Austalia, … Weiterlesen →

Ben Shapiro is an American lawyer and author. He made his first major public appearance at the age of twelve when he played the theme from the film „Schindler’s List“ at the Israel Bonds Banquet on his violin in 1996. … Weiterlesen →

„Western Christianity’s guilt-ridden anti-Judaism and Western antisemitism resulted in two catastrophes,“ explains Protestant theologian, Ulrich Duchrow. One catastrophe is the murder of six million Jews. So, what was the other catastrophe? The theologian is very specific: „The silence of the … Weiterlesen →

Under this new hashtag, photos and stories of Palestinian grandmothers are published to support US representative Rashida Tlaib, who dropped her plans to visit her grandmother, Sitty Muftiya, in the area west of Jordan in order to boycott Israel. Tlaib … Weiterlesen →