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Hotel Terminus by Marcel Ophuls

by Pier Marton | Dec 29, 2010 | Antisemitism, Death, Doc, Ego, Film, France, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Juif, KeyFilm, Politics, Racism, Review, Shoah, Time, Travel, Wars, Women

Did you read this article in the NYTimes about the Nazis’ “Safe Haven” in the U.S.? Then you may want to read/see this below. My short review: One of the greatest films on the Holocaust (and beyond). Helps one understand how one conjugates “To Lie...

Rabbi Joachim Prinz’s Words on Silence

by Pier Marton | Dec 29, 2010 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Books, Care, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, Media, Middle-East, Native, Quotes, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Time, Wars

– During the March on Washington – From Wikipedia: While serving as President of the American Jewish Congress, he represented the Jewish community as an organizer of the August 28, 1963 March on Washington. He came to the podium immediately following a...

L’Occupation Sans Relâche

by Pier Marton | Dec 28, 2010 | Antisemitism, Art, Film, France, History, Juif, Media, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Spectacle, Time, Wars, Women

Les Artistes Pendant la Guerre (et les Juifs comme “note en bas de page de l’histoire” comme le dit LePen) Un film beaucoup trop léger et facile qui “résiste” à ce que représente le désastre de la collaboration de la police Française...

Beyond the Visible: A Vital Film (w. review)

by Pier Marton | Dec 28, 2010 | Antisemitism, Art, Care, Death, Doc, Ego, Film, Health, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, KeyFilm, Media, Middle-East, Photo, Politics, Racism, Review, Sci/Nat, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Time, Wars, Women

Yael Hersonski’s An Unfinished Film Had posted a trailer back in August, but this film requires much more attention. My short review: One of the sharpest media literacy lesson to be found: the set-up and staging stink… we are indeed all actors in a...

Why Anti-Semitism Is Growing in Germany

by Pier Marton | Dec 27, 2010 | Antisemitism, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Popular, Racism, Shoah, Wars

By Donald Snyder in The Forward Berlin — A group of Muslim teenagers in Hanover attack an Israeli dance troupe, reportedly yelling “Juden raus” as they hurl stones at them. German leftists march in Berlin with Muslims to protest the 2008–2009 Gaza military conflict....

Prophets Without Honor by Frederic V. Grunfeld

by Pier Marton | Dec 21, 2010 | Antisemitism, Art, Books, Ego, Highlights, Human Rights, Jewish, Music, Politics, Shoah

One of the best books about Jews in Germany/Austria between the two wars and a good way to know some of the extremely rich life that existed then. Hard to put down. – You should be able to find a used copy somewhere. ==== The horrible atrocities of the Nazi war...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus