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Kafka: To Whom Does This Legacy Belong?

Kafka: To Whom Does This Legacy Belong?
By Nurit Pagi  |  21/10/2010
A major battle is currently being waged between the German Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach and the National Library in Jerusalem over who are the rightful heirs of the literary estates of Franz Kafka and Max Brod. Nurit Pagi, who is researching Max Brod’s writings, believes that the State of Israel should protec...

Too much Kafka
By Dita Gerry  |  21/10/2010
From where do I take the audacity to draw words from the mouths of those that slumber, from where do I take the courage to get under his skin, into the fibers of Franz Kafka’s soul and put words into his mouth? I’m not sure, but it is clear to me that Andrew’s sense of humor, Andrew, who had the magical capability to t...

Only a European Jew whose origins have been obfuscated can be so detached, and at the same time, so universal
By Yehoyada Amir  |  21/10/2010
Natan Ofek's book "Kafka and Jewish Existence" is fundamentally a book by a Jewish philosopher who seeks to examine not only his favorite author, but also his own existence, and our existence as modern Jews. The book's discussion is based on the firm foundations of a solid and well-substantiated vie...

Letter from London – Sheikh Jarrah and the legitimacy of protest
By Antony Lerman  |  21/10/2010
I’m deeply sceptical, and have been for many years, about Diaspora Jews setting up and joining groups with political objectives that are simply carbon copies of Israeli organizations. The most glaring examples are those that mirror political parties—such as Meretz UK for example—but even more broadly-based movements su...

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  21/10/2010
Last weekend I had a screening of my latest video work "Jewish Revenge" in a festival in Utrecht, Holland. I always try to be present at festival screenings, as I often get the chance to communicate with the audience. It changes from place to place, from occasion to occasion, I never really know what to expec...

Blog - The failure of multicultural policy in Germany and the Middle East conflict
By Agata Peleszuk  |  21/10/2010
German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared this week that the multicultural policy in Germany failed. It is possible that a shift in the attitude towards multicultural issues will indirectly change the Western European approach to Israelis and Palestinians?

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