Journalist Masha Gessen, a prominent Jewish woman, is facing criticism in Germany for comparing Israel's actions to the Holocaust. This controversy led to the potential stripping of the Hannah Arendt Prize. Gessen, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, has defended her comparison, emphasizing the importance of 'never again' in the context of the Israel-Hamas war.
Eric Levitz speaks with Masha Gessen about whether Gaza is akin to a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, how Germany conflates anti-Zionism with antisemitism, and what ‘never again’ means in the context of the Israel-Hamas war. https://t.co/DFXzdMGegM
The grandson of Holocaust survivors, Journalist Masha Gessen, doubles down on a recent essay comparing Israel's actions against Gaza to the Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe. Recent reports indicate the intention to strip Gessen of Germany’s Hannah Arendt Prize for political… https://t.co/7dz8szUily
The grandson of Holocaust survivors, Journalist Masha Gessen, doubles down on their essay comparing Israel's actions against Gaza to the Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe. Recent reports indicate the intention to strip Gessen of Germany’s Hannah Arendt Prize for political… https://t.co/UOwra1bFr2
Journalist Masha Gessen, doubles down on comparison of Israel to the Nazis: "I think it is essential to make that comparison right now, if we are serious about "NEVER AGAIN" then this is the moment" Gessen's family were victims of the Holocaust. https://t.co/pBI6Gga6QI
It’s clear to anyone who has read much of Hannah Arendt’s work that she would be outraged by the thought that Masha Gessen’s statements on Israel/Palestine would discredit her own name, writes Susan Neiman. https://t.co/sJVxPIABYB
“By criticising the journalist Masha Gessen, Germany misunderstands one of its greatest thinkers, Hannah Arendt.” Susan Neiman on the Gessen affair. https://t.co/eDSc87xYpK
Masha Gessen accepting the Hannah Arendt prize, which was, in the end, awarded in scaled-down circumstances and after a scandal. On the importance of comparing the Holocaust to something that isn’t yet the Holocaust so it doesn’t become another Holocaust. https://t.co/Qb6AOr37h9 https://t.co/FIZSVV0IHJ
Masha Gessen is the most prominent among a growing list of Jewish women who have been lambasted in Germany for criticising the Israeli government, writes Susan Neiman. https://t.co/FXza9qMqia