While the debate about anti-Semitism in the cultural sector continues unabated, repeatedly fueled by attacks such as the recent Hannah Arendt reading at the Hamburger Bahnhof art museum in Berlin, politicians are still struggling to find an answer. In November, both the traffic light factions and the CDU/CSU planned extensive catalogs of measures. Berlin’s Senator for Culture Joe Chialo rushed forward and made a commitment to the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism a condition for state funding, such as scholarships. But in January he had to withdraw the controversial clause, not only because of the loud protests, but also because it was legally untenable.
Hearing in the Bundestag’s Culture Committee on anti-Semitism – culture
