Tag Archives: antisemitism

nous sommes partout (film: Ils sont partout – Yvan Attal, 2016)

I suspect that the French director, co-writer and actor Yvan Attal managed to magically steal one of our family’s favorite jokes for his film ‘Ils sont partout‘ (2016). This is exactly how, in French, my wife and I have reacted … Continue reading

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O lectura socanta (Carte: Horia Bozdoghina – Antisemitismul lui A.C.Cuza in politica romaneasca)

Marturisesc ca am fost socat in multe momente ale lecturii cartii istoricului clujean Horia Bozdoghina ‘Antisemitismul lui A.C.Cuza in politica romaneasca’ aparuta la Editura Curtea Veche in colectia ‘Istorie si politica’. Istoria antisemitismului romanesc este departe de a-mi fi straina, … Continue reading

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Book: Imre Kertesz – Detective Novel (Detektivtortenet)

Born in a Jewish family in Budapest in 1929, Nobel-prize winner Imre Kertesz is a Holocaust survivor. In 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz, and liberated in Buchenwald in 1945. Part of his work is a reflection of the Holocaust … Continue reading

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‘La Juive’ at the Israeli New Opera

I doubt that the applause at the end of ‘La Juive’ can sound so strong and enthusiastic any place in the world but in Tel Aviv. The last act of this opera recovered from the 19th century repertoire of Grand … Continue reading

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a moore-esque film about a serious issue

‘Hashmatsa’ (‘Defamation’) by Israeli director Yoav Shamir broadcast last night by Channel 2 of the Israeli TV dares to attack one of the sacred cows of Israel and of the Jewish people – how it reacts to antisemitism around the … Continue reading

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