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For this week's Summer Feature, we invite you to (re)discover K. ‘s work around the realities of and stories to be told from life in Eastern Europe. With texts by Benny Ziffer, Gabriel Rom, Romano Bolković, Yeshaya Dalsace, Emmy Barouh and János Gadó.
👉https://k-larevue.com/en/feature-through-the-eastern-lense/
This week, our Summer Feature offers a glimpse into the sometimes intimate world of Jewish life. Each of the first-person testimonies provides an insight into the diversity of contemporary Jewish experiences and identities. These appear in turn under the sign of strangeness, a shift, duality, disarray, incomprehension or doubt. Perhaps it is Ivan Segré’s reflection that best captures the impression that emanates from the whole, as he sees the experience of Jewish identity irremediably divided between the inescapability of genealogical inscription and the singularity of subjective affirmation.
With writings by Ruben Honigmann, Yossef, Judith Lyon-Caen, Judith Offenberg, Ivan Segré, Gabriel Abensour and Frédéric Brenner.
👉https://k-larevue.com/en/feature-bearing-witness/
"Torn between the nostalgia of a past power and the hope of regaining their greatness through political Europe, the great nations are also invaded by fear."
What does it mean for a nation to exist? Taking as his starting point the position of Milan Kundera – who died exactly a year ago – and the movement of cultural resistance to the dissolution of Soviet totalitarianism, Danny Trom questions the difference between nationalist dreams of power and the irreducible claim to a national (and European) spirit. Is there not something at stake here for the future of Israel?
Read "Kundera politics" by Danny Trom
https://k-larevue.com/en/kundera-politics/
"On ‘goyish fragility’. Jewish response to an offended left"
Will France's Left be able to face up to eradicating its antisemitism outside of an electoral emergency?Elisheva Gottfarstein’s text is a step-by-step response to their diabolically specious arguments.
👉https://k-larevue.com/en/goyish-fragility/
"On the path of the Georgian Jews: from symbiosis to the great exodus"
Clément Girardot and Yoann Morvan reveal the story of the surprising Georgian exception, a nation whose philosemitism is not enough to ensure the continuity of its Jewish presence...
https://k-larevue.com/en/georgia/
Dual-stance article by Bruno Karsenti & Danny Trom on "Jews in the voting booth: how to loosen the noose"
"In excluding the RN and LFI, all that’s left is a center that mistreats the working classes and polarizes society by also taking Jews hostage."
https://k-larevue.com/en/voting-booth-noose/
Without changing its ideological matrix, the far right has turned suspicion into strength – the ability to assume what it does and control what it says – aided and abetted by opponents who, rather than assuming their political responsibility, take refuge in childish posturing: “we didn’t know…”.
Julia Christ examines the deleterious effects of this discrepancy between what is known, and what does not want to be known.
The new K. is out.
👉https://k-larevue.com/en/if-only-we-had-known/
To dispel the illusion that the RN has become the defender of the Jews, and that the latter are therefore rallying for it in large numbers, Elie Petit interviewed Johan Weisz and Jonathan Hayoun on the evolution of its discourse and strategy concerning the Jews.
Some people claim that the French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) is no longer antisemitic, and that the vast majority of Jews would vote for Bardella. To discuss these two dubious assertions, we spoke to film director and essayist Jonathan Hayoun-- notably the author, with Judith Cohen-...
R***e K. Enquêter sur un RN antisémite : entretien avec Jonathan Hayoun et Johan Weisz, par Elie Petit https://k-larevue.com/entretien-rn/
À écouter certains, le RN ne serait plus antisémite et les juifs voteraient en grande majorité Bardella. Pour parler de ces deux affirmations douteuses, nous nous sommes entretenus avec Jonathan Hayoun, réalisateur et essayiste — il est notamment l’auteur, avec Judith Cohen-Solal de La main du diable : Comment l’extrême droite a voulu séduire les Juifs de France (Grasset,2019) — et Johan Weisz, fondateur engagé et rédacteur en chef du média en ligne StreetPress. Ils remettent en cause la thèse d’une véritable normalisation du RN, tout en revenant à la fois le sentiment de danger dans lequel vivent les juifs de France et la stratégie de communication du parti de Marine Le Pen.
À écouter certains, le RN ne serait plus antisémite et les juifs voteraient en grande majorité Bardella. Pour parler de ces deux affirmations douteuses, nous nous sommes entretenus avec Jonathan Hayoun, réalisateur et essayiste et Johan Weisz, fondateur engagé et rédacteur en chef du média e...
With we revisit the struggle that surrounded the Latvian Jewish community, which set out to right a wrong that had been ignored and dismissed for way too long...
https://k-larevue.com/en/law-of-restitution-the-victory-of-latvian-jews/
"The scrutinized university" by Tal Rosenthal
Since the student mobilizations in support of Gaza began, universities have become the focus of media and political curiosity. But what does the situation look like from the inside? Hear from Tal below:
https://k-larevue.com/en/the-scrutinized-university/
"Jewish violence, our malaise" by Danny Trom
Trom returns to the difficulties of coming to terms with the violence inflicted, and its articulation with the violence suffered by Jews.
Read his analysis here:
https://k-larevue.com/en/jewish-violence-our-malaise/
In Canada, a fresh iteration of anti-Judaism takes shape. Benjamin Wexler observes how Canada's Jews are suffering from a curious tangle of anti-Zionism and antisemitism. They are promptly equated with “settlers”...
Read Benjamin Wexler's article here:
https://k-larevue.com/en/the-eternal-settler/
"From Odessa to Nir Oz. A linguistic history of the pogrom" by Elena Guritanu
Pogrom is the term by which the memory of persecution in Eastern Europe has found its way into Jewish memory. But when did it appear, and how was it used?
https://k-larevue.com/en/from-odessa-to-nir-oz/
'“Mrs Lyon-Cahen”, she had written. It’s hard to describe what I felt when I read it: something like a symbolic slap, a slap that leaves a trace, a mark. The “Jew” stamp on my family name.'
Read "The return of the little “h” (typographical slips and antisemitism)" by Judith Lyon-Caen
https://k-larevue.com/en/the-return-of-the-little-h/
“When you say Israel is committing genocide, I don’t want to have any conversation with you.”
Interview with Etgar Keret (Official) by Emmy Barouh
Etgar Keret finds the words and anecdotes to describe what struggling can be described as.
https://k-larevue.com/en/etgar-keret-interview/
"Student mobilization and the antisemitism of the future" by Bruno Karsenti
In a measured and enlightening text, Karsenti takes a step-by-step look at the language of student protests, to gain a perspective on the political reconfigurations that lie ahead.
https://k-larevue.com/en/student-mobilization/
"Can the Left’s Coalition Embrace Jewish Voters?" by The Editors
The rise of the far-right party of France in the recent European elections, begs the question for many Jewish voters who their votes should go to or where they can even find representation...
https://k-larevue.com/en/can-the-lefts-coalition/
Update on our ICC/ICJ analysis: Interview with Yann Jurovics Stéphane Bou & Elie Petit
"It is significant to note that the judges unanimously reiterated Israel’s right to defend itself. The question remains as to the extent or form of this defense."
https://k-larevue.com/en/leaders-in-the-dock-of-the-international-criminal-court/
“Kafka kept asking himself: ‘How do we get through life?’”
To mark the centenary of Kafka’s death on June 3, we revisit Ruth Zylberman’s interview with Reiner Stach, author of a masterly biography of the man who wrote in an attempt to overcome life.
https://k-larevue.com/en/kafka-kept-asking-himself-how-do-we-get-through-life-interview-with-reiner-stach/
"Arabic: my dead Jewish language" by Yossef Murciano
"When I was younger, I insisted on understanding. Eventually I accepted that I would have to pretend."
Read Yossef Murciano's exploration of the perpetual search of identity and belonging here:
https://k-larevue.com/en/arabic-my-dead-jewish-language/
"Of Campus Protests and Virtuous Antisemitism" by Eva Ilouz
On what cultural soil is the radical condemnation of Israel based?
Ilouz sheds light on the old trope that feeds militant passion, and allows it to clear its conscience: the idea that Jews represent a danger to humanity.
https://k-larevue.com/en/the-campus-protests-and-virtuous-antisemitism/
"Conspiracy theories, critique, and antisemitism" by Balázs Berkovits
Berkovits explores the frameworks of social critique, the normalisation of conspiracy theories in social discourse, and the antisemitism that accompanies them...
https://k-larevue.com/en/conspiracy-theories-critique-and-antisemitism/
“This government is a group of crooks with no regard for the benefit of Israel”
Julia Christ & Elie Petit met with Eliad Shraga, “the biggest judicial troublemaker in the country” leading the way in the fight against corruption and for the rule of law.
Read the interview below:
https://k-larevue.com/en/eliad-shraga-this-government-is-a-group-of-crooks-with-no-regard-for-the-benefit-of-israel/
"Antisemitism in Malmö: from a Swedish Symptom to a European Symbol?" by David Stavrou
In the wake of the recent Eurovision, we turn to Malmö and Sweden, where antisemitism imported from the Middle East dances the tango with an old right-wing antisemitism that found a welcoming refuge there after the Second World War.
https://k-larevue.com/en/antisemitism-in-malmo-from-swedish-symptom-to-european-symbol/
"Leaders in the dock of the International Criminal Court" by Bou & Elie Petit
Interview with Yann Jurovics about the arrest warrants issued last week by the ICC against main leaders of Hamas as well as against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant...
https://k-larevue.com/en/leaders-in-the-dock-of-the-international-criminal-court/
"Tel Aviv, Remembrance Day, 2024" by Julia Christ and Elie Petit
“Because of everything that is happening… four names were added to the list. So everybody knew that while we were preparing for today, that it would be the hardest ceremony of our lives.“
Read the continuation of our reports from Israel here: https://k-larevue.com/en/tel-aviv-remembrance-day-2024/
"Counter-Zionism: A Controversy?" by Abraham Zuraw
We’ve heard of anti-Zionism, but what is counter-Zionism? Zuraw questions the relevance of a certain Jewish-American modality of criticism of Israel and how it relates to the metaphysics of exile...
https://k-larevue.com/en/counter-zionism-a-controversy/
"Belgium – a laboratory for European antisemitism?" by Joël Kotek
What is going on in Belgium? Kotek is alarmed at the developments across the Belgian political spectrum and asks what is allowing the expression of unabashed antisemitism in Europe’s capital
https://k-larevue.com/en/belgium-a-laboratory-for-european-antisemitism/
Interview with Mona Khoury, Vice-President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem by Julia Christ & Elie Petit
“The challenge here in Israel lies in teaching amidst a conflict, not in discussing abstractly the conflict itself.”
https://k-larevue.com/en/the-challenge-here-in-israel-lies-in-teaching-amidst-a-conflict-not-in-discussing-abstractly-the-conflict-itself/
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