The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is in town again. Two weeks of the best documentaries bathing in people, societies, stories and dreams that are worlds away from my own, or so I thought. This year I am invited to moderate the screening of a French film, May God Be With You, an autobiographical dive… Continue reading Existing as a political act
Month: November 2021
Progressive antisemitism
The session “Combating Anti-Zionist and Antisemitic Activism in Progressive Spaces” at the recent worldwide annual summit on antisemitism and hate caught my attention. The discourse about anti-zionism as related to antisemitism in progressive spaces is very real, also in the Netherlands. If I were to describe this in the most condensed way possible, these would… Continue reading Progressive antisemitism
Antisemitic climate
This past Saturday we witnessed the biggest Climate demonstration ever to be held in the Netherlands. More than 40,000 people took to the streets of Amsterdam to protest against the inaction of world leaders in general and the Dutch politicians in particular who have repeatedly failed to take the climate crisis seriously. Besides the high… Continue reading Antisemitic climate