Iran attacks Israel. I thought I understood that this is part of the new reality we are living in - but I did not. I realized that when I...

Attending a conference sounds always sophisticated, interesting and exciting. Unfortunately, the reality is usually pretty far from that...

Finally! My new book is out now! “Misinformation about Israel and Antisemitic Views in School Textbooks? The Case of Germany”. The study...

So, the time has come... the lavender has almost faded and I've just hung up the last bit to dry. I recently saw again that burning...

Thirty percent seems to be the number that is hovering over everything at the moment. First of all, the election results in Saxony and...

Germany in August 1939: It is warm, even hot in places. Germans are enjoying the summer, whether at home or traveling. The beaches of...

First of all, yes, I've taken a break here - summer vacation. I was also traveling a bit, but the bad weather put a spoke in my wheel....

If I wished for peaceful and spectacular Olympic Games last week, I can now report at half-time: No major incidents. After all....

What a spectacular opening ceremony it was yesterday! For my taste, it was actually a little too endeavoured, a little too politically...

On Friday, a man was killed and at least eight other people were injured when a combat drone hit a residential building in the centre of...

Everyone is complaining about the so-called Debattenkultur (culture of debate). I claim, there is no culture of debate in our society...

...the Germans are no longer in the tournament! I guess that means the window of distraction is over... No more "bread and circuses",...

Just a quick update, because I have lots of stuff to do. I can report progress – since my new editor took over it is going very well. I...

After all the weeks of waiting for publishers and editors I decided to withdraw one of my projects and do not publish it anymore… because...

Guess what! I did not get any reply regarding my three projects since I wrote my last post. I find it very disrespectful. I got...

This week we celebrated the beginning of the end of the Second World War (1939-1945) and the end of the National socialist oppression of...

As many others theses days I just hope for a break from the worldwide madness. But a break is not in sight. Unfortunately. There was...

This idea is an old one. The ancient Greeks came up with this: Isonomia (ἰσονομία, from the Greek ἴσος isos, "equal," and νόμος nomos,...

Thanks for all the replies on my last post. Yes, what I wrote about my academic career happened exactly as I described. Yes, I did not...

The week started with the Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, called Yom HaShoa. I attended a survivors talk by Aliza Erber. It is...