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April 11, 2024

German School Rescinds Job Offer to Jewish Philosopher Nancy Fraser over Her Criticism of Israel
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The University of Cologne has rescinded a job offer to the Jewish
American philosopher Nancy Fraser because she had signed a letter
against Israel's assault on Gaza. Fraser, who teaches at The New School,
said, "I was canceled in the name of German responsibility for the
Holocaust. This responsibility should also apply to Jewish people. But
in Germany it is narrowed down to the state policy of the currently
ruling Israeli government. Philosemitic Mc Carthyism sums it up quite
well. A way to silence people under the pretext of supposedly supporting
Jews."


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