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Culture Hans Keilson’s First Novel Depicts Life Before Nazis
Life Goes On By Hans Keilson Translated by Damion Searls Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 272 pages, $15 Two years ago, when Farrar, Straus and Giroux released translations of his novels “The Death of the Adversary” and “Comedy in a Minor Key,” centenarian Hans Keilson told Steven Erlanger of The New York Times that he would…
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Breaking News Twitter Pulls Anti-Semitic ‘Good Jew’ Messages
Twitter has reportedly agreed to remove French-language anti-Semitic messages from its website and to block access to an account linked to German neo-Nazis. Stephane Lilti, an attorney for the Union of French Jewish Students said that Twitter has agreed to remove tweets that her group has flagged as anti-Semitic, according to the French newspaper Le…
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Breaking News Germans Mull Revamped Holocaust Education Plan
Germany’s parliament is considering a review of education programs in its schools after receiving a government commissioned report showing that anti-Semitism in the country remains at disturbingly high levels. The Bundestag, which debated the report Wednesday, put off approving any legislation or resolutions in response to the report’s findings until it could develop a concrete…
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Breaking News Twitter Blocks German Neo-Nazis’ Account
Twitter has blocked messages in Germany from a group banned by local authorities over right-wing extremism, using its powers to withhold content in one specific country for the first time. “The account and all its content have been blocked for Germany, the content remains visible to Twitter users in other countries,” a spokesman for Twitter…
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Breaking News George Soros Calls on Germany To Save Euro
The European Union could be destroyed by the “nightmare” euro crisis, and Germany needs to take the responsibility to save the common currency, billionaire fund manager George Soros said on Monday. Soros, who made his mark as an investor on a big bet against the British pound in 1992, said the other alternative is for…
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Breaking News Germany Battles New Look Neo-Nazis
Germany’s neo-Nazis are hanging up their bomber jackets, unlacing their black leather boots and even grabbing a bite to eat at their local Turkish kebab shop. Eschewing their predecessors’ fierce aversion to anything “un-German”, they blend into the local community and easily escape detection. But police and experts say this new generation of young fascists…
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Breaking News German Cabinet Approves Law Allowing Circumcision
Germany’s cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday protecting the right to circumcise infant boys, which it says will end months of legal uncertainty after a local court banned the practice, causing outrage among Muslims and Jews. The June ruling by a Cologne district court that circumcision constitutes “bodily harm” sparked an emotional national debate…
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News Germany Debates Proposal To Protect Circumcision
A proposal to enshrine circumcision of male children as a protected procedure that Jews and Muslims could continue without fear of sanction faces an uncertain fate in Germany’s Bundestag, say close observers of German politics. The proposal heading to the parliament aims to calm a storm that erupted last May after a Cologne court ruled…
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