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The idea behind our web conversations series is to take a topic critical to our democracies and ask the members of our community to share reflections, actions and observations that deal with the subject.
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Bilateral Comparative Social Cohesion Forum
The Foundation EVZ and Humanity in Action will hold a virtual Bilateral Comparative Social Cohesion Forum from October 27 to 28, 2020. Delegations from Germany and the United States will explore the complex and contested relationship among aspects of “Social Cohesion and Combustion.”
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Hertie and the Nazi dictatorship: Was there something?
A new article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on the Hertie Foundation today highlights the efforts of Senior Fellow Alexander Busold and his colleagues from the Her.Tietz Initiative, who are “committed to an open handling of the Nazi history of Hertie, an active commemoration of the victims of the Shoah, and to fighting Antisemitism today.”
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Interview on more transparency in politics
Senior Fellow and network journalist Arne Semsrott interviewed his brother, Nico Semsrott (Member of the European Parliament) on how more transparency in politics can be achieved.
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Freedom of information: abolish the press offices!
Senior Fellow and network journalist Arne Semsrott wrote an article about press offices. Arne Semsrott says press offices are a waste of time as there is often a danger of blackout instead of clarification.
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Tietz Lecture on Addressing Antisemitism
Antisemitism never went away in Germany. Now, it resurges – both covertly and increasingly in public. The intensifying antisemitic hate speech is also followed by acts of violence: In Germany, between 2017 and 2019, the antisemitic acts of violence doubled (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution; 2020). The pianist Igor Levit and the author Lena Gorelik will discuss about Antisemitism in Germany today – and the actions that need to be taken now.
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Senior Fellow cofounds initiative against antisemitism
Senior Fellow Anne Aulinger and her colleagues from various factions of the German parliament founded the Bernhard-Kreis Initiative, a move to promote Jewish life in Germany by working against Antisemitism.
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Why feminists should talk about Antisemitism more often
Senior Fellow Miriam Yosef founded the Initiative Jewish & intersectional. Miriam Yosef gave an interview to ze.tt, where she speaks about why feminists should talk about Antisemitism more often.
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The open questions in the case of Galizia
Senior Fellow Lena Kampf reports on the attack on the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The attack resulted in numerous resignations and arrests, but the circumstances are still not completely cleared up.