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Last Sunday I went to a protest march calling for the release of the remaining 101 hostages in Gaza. I’m still annoyed that only 500 people or so showed up, I had hoped for stronger support in a liberal city like Hamburg. The week started with a memorial event on Monday at the synagogue in Hamburg for October 7. The event was invite only and when I received the confirmation email, I was told not to talk to other people about the exact date and time of event due to security concerns. This rise of anti-semitism makes me so angry! The synagogue was packed with people, even the chancellor attended as he was in town that day (he used to be the Mayor of Hamburg and still has an apartment here). The event left me pretty shaken, as it was very emotional, filled with reports of survivors of the massacre. The speeches all addressed the topic that jews don’t feel safe anymore in Hamburg. We need to fight anti-semitism so much more and we simply cannot accept that jews don’t feel safe here in Germany! We cannot undo the past, but we have to make sure that it doesn’t repeat itself! Have a great Sunday! "Mama, Pray for Me": The Women Soldiers Who Warned Israel of the Approaching Attack
This article is hard to digest. What I’m Thinking About on the First Anniversary of the War
Thomas L. Friedman is one of the people who’s assessment on the Middle East I really value: “So on this first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, I find myself most preoccupied with the fact that Israel is fighting a multifront war and Israelis still don’t know whether they are fighting to make Israel safe for a Jewish democracy or safe for the prime minister’s political survival, safe for the ultra-Orthodox to never have to serve in the military and safe for the prime minister to declare to the world he is defending the frontier of freedom in Gaza and Lebanon while sustaining a morally rotten and economically draining settlement engine in the West Bank.” Why Could Lebanon Be Rich, but Is so Chaotic?
For as long as I can remember, whenever Beirut and Lebanon were on the news, it was mostly bad news. This is a really good explanation of how the specific setup of Lebanon was developed over the centuries. J.D. Vance’s Stolen Valor: ‘He Puts on Poverty Like You Put on Makeup’
When I read “Hillbilly Elegy”, I was really intrigued and when JD Vance started a venture capital firm together with Steve Case called Revolution which focuses on regions that are underserved by venture capital, I was even more intrigued. Now I find JD Vance simply appalling. Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval
We live in a wonderful country and we are so well off that we can endlessly discuss an apostrophe in Germany. And yes, as the son of a German teacher, I strongly object to this slaughtering of our language. That’s it. Have a great Sunday! If you missed last Sunday’s edition of Five Things, have a look here: — Nico You're currently a free subscriber to Five Things. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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