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July 15, 2020

German Intellectuals Rush to Defend a Cameroonian Anti-Semite

The growing popularity of Holocaust minimization.

Earlier this year, a German music and culture festival invited the prominent Cameroon-born, South African philosopher Achille Mbembe to deliver the keynote address. A liberal German parliamentarian criticized the choice, citing Mbembe’s disturbing record of anti-Israel bigotry and anti-Semitism. Manfred Gerstenfeld elaborates:

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July 15, 2020

  1. Political Paralysis Could Leave Israel at the Mercy of Economic Crisis

    A government signing checks won’t bring economic rehabilitation.

  2. Promoting Religious Freedom Abroad Shouldn’t Compromise the Fight against Radical Islam

    Better to focus on the most serious culprits.

  3. German Intellectuals Rush to Defend a Cameroonian Anti-Semite

    The growing popularity of Holocaust minimization.

  4. Prayer, for All Its Public Features, Is an Affair between Man and God

    Some reflections on solitary prayer and mixed-sex seating.

  5. Kibbutzniks Are Fighting to Preserve a 2,000-Year-Old Ritual Bath

    Discover by a Muslim and a Christian.