It lasted right to the very end, literally until the very last sentence of the two-hour press conference, to which, mostly represented by their respective leaders, discourse heavyweights such as the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the TU Berlin, the Goethe Institute, the Federal Center for Political Education, the Humboldt -Forum, the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, the House of World Cultures, the Einstein-Forum Potsdam, the Berlin Wissenschaftskolleg and the Jewish Museum Hohenems had come together in the Deutsches Theater Berlin until the occasion of the event could be learned. The philosopher and head of the Einstein Forum, Susan Neiman, said - slightly indignant in tone - that the Achille Mbembe case was the initial spark for the joint declaration of all institutions. Before that, a dozen or so explanations had danced around the elephant in the room.
Anti-Semitism: Don't be afraid of your own courage
2020-12-10T18:17:34.711Z
At a two-hour press conference in Berlin, the major German cultural institutions declared that they would see the diversity of opinion threatened if they were not allowed to invite supporters of the BDS, which is classified as anti-Semitic. what happened there? An experience report.
Source: welt