“Film music is the heart and soul of every film,” said James Cameron, director of such well-known films as Terminator or Titanic. But applied music, as it is called to distinguish it from purposeless, so-called absolute music, seems to have broken away from its close connection to film for a long time. Pieces by the … Read more
Is the US Supreme Court overturning parts of the labor law because of an evangelical who wants to legally enforce what he believes to be a religious right, the “Sabbath” rest? In an April 18 hearing, top US justices expressed sympathy for Gerald Groff’s position. The former postal worker, a devout conservative Christian from Pennsylvania, … Read more
The secret is out: Sophie Rtveliashvili and Garry Fischmann will lead through the next Jewrovision show. So this time there is again a team of moderators. “I’m really looking forward to it, and I like hosting the evening for two,” said Sophie Rtveliashvili at the announcement on Friday in Berlin. It is a great honor … Read more
Conspiracy theorist and musician Roger Waters has spoken out on Instagram with a new post. In it he comments on the cancellation of his concert in Frankfurt am Main, originally scheduled for May 28th, by the city council and the state of Hesse, as well as on the legal steps he took to save the … Read more
Two pro-Palestinian demonstrations scheduled for the weekend in Berlin have been banned by the police. The justification given in a press release on Thursday was that there was an imminent danger that the meetings could lead to inflammatory, anti-Semitic calls, to the glorification of violence, intimidation and acts of violence. Reference was made to “experiences … Read more
Seven years after a skiing accident in the posh ski resort of Park City, Utah, a jury has acquitted Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow of any responsibility for the accident. Jury members ruled Thursday that the actress was not at fault for the crash on a beginner’s slope at Deer Valley Ski Resort. The 76-year-old plaintiff … Read more
The United Nations want to explore opportunities to combat racism and anti-Semitism through and at major sporting events with Bundesliga soccer team Borussia Dortmund and the World Jewish Congress (WJC). The European Football Association UEFA and Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas will also be present at the event on March 29 at the … Read more
According to the organizers, more than 100,000 people took to the streets for the seventh Saturday in a row against the controversial judicial reform in Israel. In Tel Aviv, the demonstrators gathered in the center of the city in the evening and waved Israeli flags. Among other things, signs read: “Israel must not become a … Read more
Several European countries, the EU Commission and the USA want to work together to counteract anti-Semitic attitudes and violence. After a meeting with his counterparts on Monday in Berlin, the federal government’s anti-Semitism commissioner, Felix Klein, said: “Attacks on synagogues, attacks on Jews, on students – these were also the topics we exchanged about”. The … Read more
The Frankfurt Institute for Social Research (IfS) has stood for a critical analysis of social conditions for 100 years. According to the current director, the sociologist Stephan Lessenich, the intellectual legacy of its protagonists Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse or Freud still shapes the work today. Professor Lessenich, for a year and a half you have been … Read more