Given its past, Germany has a dilemma defining, coping with, and translating antisemitism it into policies. In this most advanced European economy with a population of 84.7 million in 2023, including 5.5 million Muslims as well as a Jewish community of at least 225 thousand, there seems to be a political consensus about a special relationship with the state of Israel and the need to protect its interests. This has been engrained by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 2008 declaration that I...

Held from February 21st to the 28th at  MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, the 18th edition of Doc Fortnight presented 17 documentary features, continuing its annual program of the best innovative international nonfiction films.  Except for one film from 2017 and one from 2019, the productions selected were from 2018.  Most of the films chosen were directed by female film makers and covered universal issues including stories from the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and th...

    Racial and religious intolerance go hand in hand   Day 4 at DIFF consisted of two films that portray Apartheid - one set in modern SA and    the other in the West Bank.  Twenty years after democracy in SA, Fatherland was quite a shock. While most of South    Africa have embraced the rainbow nation, a small group of right wing extremists still    fight the ”negroids".  In this ...