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I am interested in your film. I am a German and I am together with an Israeli. It is very interesting for me to see how easy it is to turn an ugly opinion into a “Good looking ” one while seeing your interview with the German man. I think that it is disgusting how he reacts and you make him insecure which is very good.
Most Germans that I know are doubtful of Israeli politics and tend to brother up with the Palestinian side, when they do not have sufficient arguments to actually be on either side. I don’t know many Germans that know a lot about Israel except for the rough outline of the ongoing conflict. They do not their culture, their diversity, the food(!), the way people behave etc.
I personally have yet to meet a Palestinian – I would like to hear for myself what they think and feel. I have until now only heard many Israelis talking about their country.
It is so foreign for me to be so self-assured about your own country. Especially that it is making the correct decisions. I was raised with doubt of military force as a useful tool . We had a Muslim girl in our elementary school class show us how she prays. We also had books of the Holocaust in our class room. There were pictures of the murdered victims lying on a pile. Being six years old at that time – I think it was necessary to have these books around us. The Holocaust was the most discussed topic in history class until graduation. We read several books of survivors, we participated in nightly walks holding a candle, commemorating the horrific event. We visited ruins of synagogues in our city, we travelled to Oswiecim. But we never met a Jew!!
Only now, after meeting my boyfriend can I understand what it means to be one, because I have celebrated all of their holidays with them – sometimes resented by them for being German – I am learning a little Hebrew and I have a growing interest in their geneaology, history and culture.
Germans often react allergic to references to the Holocaust, because they do not want to held accountable. I do not want to held accountable personally, because I can not be. Yet I do believe that I need to be reminded of the reason the image of Germany has shrunk to such a degree. It is shameful.
And I think that we need more Jews in Germany to meet us. So that we learn what the other does – how the other prays, or does not pray, eats, celebrates, marries…
Otherwise we risk of getting so numb to the Holocaust because we hear about it too much without ever being able to grasp what was actually lost.
The Israeli I am together with is an Arabic or Sephardic Jew with Iraqi background and he relates to this very differently than some Ashkenazi Israelis I have met, logically.
By now, I know more about the Thora and Jewish history than he does. I am grateful for meeting another culture. I would not care if he were Muslim or Atheist or whichever belief. In contrast, he says, he could not be with me if I were a Palestinian. That makes me think as well. I would think: Too bad for him!
I am anxious to see your movie. Please bring more Israeli/Jewish culture to Germany if you can with this film. We need to know more Jewish people. We need them to understand our own history and possibly likewise.
Hi Naftaly.
Thank you so much for your film. I just watched the screening in Boston and was riveted by what I saw. I have witnessed the expression of stereotypes of Jewish people in my conversations with others, and I have noticed my own stereotypes and continue to question them. To understand anti-semitism and racism more broadly, I feel that one really has to face it and interrogate it, much like you have done. Your film introduces a variety of the psychological and rhetorical patterns that are important to understand and fight against.
Having a Polish background, I was quite familiar with many of the patterns I saw in your film — both negative, and others that were hopeful as well. The perspective of your one interviewee when he expressed his respect of the Jewish people coming from a sense of a “phantom limb” was one that particularly struck a chord. Polish identity is very deeply connected to things Jewish, and it is quite tragic that the teachings of the Catholic church seem to actively obscure these connections. Anti-semitism in Poland is not only hurtful to Jews, but I strongly believe is also deeply hurtful to Poles themselves. Becoming aware of this and facing this within one’s self is a difficult but very important task. It is a task that everyone can learn from, but Poles in particular have a historical responsibility to investigate.
Thank you again for your film. Please include me on your mailing list. I would like to know when it might be possible to buy a copy of your film.
Best wished,
Ian Wojtowicz