Recently, Igor Levit, 36, and Michel Friedman, 67, were sitting in a hotel in the evening. Levit, the pianist, complained that he had never felt so alone in Germany as he did now, since the Hamas massacre on October 7th, and never so unprotected as a Jew. Friedman, the author, presenter and lawyer, agreed with his friend, saying that he too felt lonely, left alone by the majority of society. For him, Friedman, who used to sit on the Central Council of Jews in Germany, this feeling is a constant companion, “a chronic experience.” This feeling intensified after the Hamas massacre. Friedman only wants one thing: “When people shout ‘Death to the Jews’ in the streets, I want them to hug us.” But there is no one who is hugging Jews now, instead they hear accusations, sentences that begin with “Yes, but…”.
Berliner Ensemble: Solidarity evening for the victims of hatred of Jews – culture
