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Anne Rethmann

@arethmann.bsky.social

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Postdoc at the Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Theory and History of Human Rights, Political and Legal Theory

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · Jun 10

The "Statement Against the #Boycott of Israeli Academics" now has a dedicated website. It includes relevant media related to the Statement and the problem of boycotting Israeli academics. Feel free to share it.
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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 3d

And as I am reading this and that article during my last weekend in the U.S., I am especially drawn to the hopeful news from the region to which I will soon return — news of a peace deal and, at long last, the release of hostages. I could not have wished for a better note on which to leave. (3/3)

Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to Klaus Lederer and Alexander Karschnia, there is a some clarification in a recent taz article — it is in German, but anyone can easily translate it into English.
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P.S.: Poster from the film "Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa" (2013).

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Debatte um „Antideutsche“: Kampf gegen Gespenster

Wer heute von „Antideutschen“ spricht, verkennt die Historie hinter dieser Zuschreibung. Eine Antwort auf einen Debattentext an dieser Stelle.

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 3d

Over the last two years, while listening to comments — mainly from people in the academia and art world, and most recently at some GSA panels in Arlington — I began to wonder whether a new spectre is haunting Europe, this time bearing the name "antideutsch." (1/3)

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 6d

Leaving this cute city of Madison.
Big thanks again to Chad Goldberg for inviting me to the seminar “Politics, Culture, and Society”.
I am also very grateful to the institutions that supported the event, and to everyone who attended and asked such thoughtful questions.

Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 10d

I know people at these universities, but also because I have witnessed, almost by the hour over the past two years, what desolidarization within academia means. Perhaps at some point we will have to call for a boycott of ourselves—as the first step out of this barren way of thinking. (2/2)

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 10d

I wonder what it says about professors who, from their still safe havens in Europe and Canada, respond to their American colleagues only by calling for their institutions to be boycotted now. For me, solidarity looks different–not only because (1/2)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 11d

Whilst the BUF did not become a mass political party, their existence demonstrates the popularity of fascism across Europe at the time.

Our online exhibition explores the individuals and organisations that have fought back against antisemitism in France, Britain and Germany buff.ly/iBFECQJ

Exhibition - Fighting antisemitism from Dreyfus to today

The struggle against antisemitism since the late nineteenth century

exhibitions.wienerholocaustlibrary.org

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 11d

Btw: The decision to publish it on Yom Kippur is also – to put it neutrally – interesting.

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Jenseits der Staatsraison

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 11d

As the saying goes, all good things come in threes—my third comment on the boycott topic today, this time from Germany. This appears to be another attempt to explain calls to boycott Israeli colleagues. Good luck in their efforts to foster constructive dialogue with supporters of the BDS movement.

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 11d

Just following up on my boycott comment from this morning — in this case, a boycott would have made total sense.

Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 11d

When boycott calls have made sense.

Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 12d

These are indeed very important voices from Gaza. I hope they will be heard and taken seriously.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/w...

‘Enough Is Enough’: Many Palestinians Say Hamas Must Accept Cease-Fire Plan

www.nytimes.com

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 13d

Sad that this still needs repeating.
#antisemitism #Manchester
@faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 13d

Sunflowers — a bit dry and tired — but still facing the Russian embassy in DC.

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 13d

Many thanks to Jonathan Skolnik for inviting me to his undergraduate seminar "Representing the Holocaust" at
@umasspress.bsky.social. My first time speaking to 70 students – on the Eichmann Trial, Arendt, and Sivan's tendentious documentary. Very grateful for the students' thoughtful questions.

Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 15d

Today marks my last day at the @robinsoninst.bsky.social, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I am deeply grateful for almost three years in this academic home.
A few more words in the screenshot.

Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 24d

Not exactly looking forward to the long flight… but I am really looking forward to seeing some of you again soon in DC/Arlington.

And I'm truly grateful to the Jacob Robinson Institute, Hebrew University for making my participation possible.

#thegsa2025

Jacob Robinson Institute @robinsoninst.bsky.social · 24d

We’re proud to announce that @arethmann.bsky.social, our Visiting Postdoc, will present at #TheGSA2025. Her talk on Hannah Arendt and the Auschwitz Trials reconsiders the “banality of evil,” the controversies it sparked, and its continued relevance for questions of responsibility and jurisdiction.

Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 28d

Merz weint, Schwerdtner lacht, Netanyahu befindet sich in Sparta, der Krieg geht weiter und der Alltag sowieso. Aber Mini-Bourekas sind mir heute in einer Bäckerei, eröffnet 1922, auf dem Heimweg aufgefallen – und in meinen Besitz übergegangen.

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Mirjam Wenzel @mirjamwenzel.bsky.social · Sep 13

The Musée de l'Art et de l'Histoire du Judaisme and the @labnf.bsky.social are planning a joint Colloquium “Jewish histories of Paris”. Now, five French scholars decided to #boycott it due to the participation of an Israeli PhD student. I drafted a #statement (1/5)
www.lemonde.fr/culture/arti...

Au Musée d’art et d’histoire du judaïsme, cinq universitaires boycottent un colloque intitulé « Les histoires juives de Paris »

Les chercheurs basés en France ont annulé leur participation à la manifestation organisée le 15 septembre en raison des billets d’avion d’une doctorante pris en charge par un programme de recherche de...

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Thought-terminating clichés"—language that is "repetitiously centered on all-encompassing jargon, prematurely abstract, highly categorical, relentlessly judging, and to anyone but its most devoted advocate, deadly dull: in Lionel Trilling's phrase, 'the language of nonthought.'"
–Lifton
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Robert Jay Lifton, pioneering scholar of Nazi doctors and Jewish memory, dies at 99 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

His 1986 book, "The Nazi Doctors," explored how healers became killers.

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KeinVergessen @keinvergessen.bsky.social · Aug 29

29.08.01: Habil Kılıç, Inhaber eines Obst- & Gemüsehandels, wird in München durch den NSU ermordet: sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/mor... #KeinVergessen

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is not too bad. It reminds me of Arendt quoting Kafka: "It is difficult to speak the truth, for though there is only one, it is alive and therefore has a living, ever-changing face."

Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · Aug 18

My heartfelt thanks go to the @robinsoninst.bsky.social team for their incredible support over the past nearly three years.

Jacob Robinson Institute @robinsoninst.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congratulations to Anne Rethmann (@arethmann.bsky.social)!
Our Visiting PhD Fellow has been awarded her doctorate summa cum laude from @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. From Oct 2025, she joins the Martin Buber Society at @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow.

Best of luck Anne! ⭐

Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · Aug 18

According to reports, around one million people took to the streets across Israel yesterday – about 10% of the population. Translated to Germany’s population, that would mean more than 8 million people on the streets – a number unimaginable in German history.
www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-...

Hundreds of thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv at end of nationwide day of hostage protests

Hostages forum says 500,000 attended rally, over 1 million protested across the country Sunday; at rally, ex-captives urge Trump to push Israel to 'end the suffering,' 'make peace'

www.timesofisrael.com

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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · Aug 8

„Wirklich, sie scheren sich um niemanden.“

www.zeit.de/2025/33/ehem...

Ehemalige Hamas-Geisel: "Sie hungerten uns aus"

505 Tage lang hielt die Hamas Tal Schoam in Gaza gefangen. Im Gespräch erzählt er von der Qual in den Tunneln und seiner Angst um die verbliebenen Geiseln.

www.zeit.de

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