Helmut Smith
@SmithHelmut
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Prof. History. Germany, Holocaust, maps.Bks: Germany. A Nation in its Time (2020); The Butcher's Tale (2002), a few others. https://t.co/Uw5qmZelGD
Vanderbilt U. Nashville
Joined January 2020
Finally, the Statement against the #Boycott of Israeli #Academics and its 8,000+ signers has a permanent home. Find it at: Also there are articles etc. about the statement and these boycotts, if you want to follow the issue. #Israel #IsraelHamasWar
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RT @TaliGoldsheft: @NYTimesPR Without a retraction on the front page, with the words WE MISLED YOU under the image you used to mislead your….
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RT @emilygian: Not an apology.Not a retraction.And it was posted on @NYTimesPR, which has 88k followers, instead of @nytimes, which has 55….
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Largest Teachers' Union in United States Erases Jews From the Holocaust
freebeacon.com
The nation's largest teachers' union plans to promote a version of Holocaust remembrance that does not mention Jews, according to its 2025 handbook, which references "victims of the Holocaust from...
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A bit of very good News #Detmold.
Neuigkeiten zum Streit um die ehemalige #Hofsynagoge in #Detmold. Das Urteil des OVG ist rechtskräftig, das Gebäude darf nicht abgerissen werden. Jetzt muss es darum gehen, es vor dem Verfall zu retten. Immerhin wurde nun diese Infotafel aufgestellt.
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RT @ArminNassehi: Eine sehr begrüßenswerte Stellungnahme der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie.
soziologie.de
Die International Sociological Association (ISA) hat am 29. Juni 2025 erklärt, die kollektive Mitgliedschaft der Israelischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (ISS) auszusetzen und diese Entscheidung im...
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RT @AnneRethmann: I am looking forward to participating in this workshop, where I will be giving a talk on academic boycott campaigns in th….
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In full agreement that this is an awful decision on the part of the ISA. They should be ashamed of themselves. Deliberately hurting the very people in Israel who are out on the streets constantly protesting.
Just writing on a paper about boycott calls after Oct 7 - with every passing note like this, it feels increasingly in vain to me. Meanwhile, parts of Western academia believe they are being canceled. It's ridiculous. The decision of the ISA is a disgrace.
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RT @AnneRethmann: Yes, the rockets were heavy this morning in #TelAviv, but hopefully this war will come to an end soon now. There is this….
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Israelhass an der Uni: "weniger sichtbar, radikaler, gefährlicher" via @JuedischeOnline.
juedische-allgemeine.de
Eine neue Studie über anti-israelischen Aktivismus an US-Universitäten zeigt beängstigende Professionalität und Terrornähe. Aber es gibt auch Hoffnung
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RT @IhabHassane: BREAKING | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: “What happened on October 7th is unacceptable. Hamas must disarm and relea….
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RT @AnneRethmann: While scholars are once again preoccupied with the #IHRA and #JDA definitions - and, along with them, with debates about….
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RT @IhabHassane: 🚨BREAKING: Hamas militias opened fire on thousands of people in Gaza City after they gathered in front of a warehouse to g….
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RT @EYakoby: BREAKING: The Bronx "Anti-War" Coalition just called Elias Rodriguez’s execution of two innocent people in D.C. the “highest e….
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RT @HowidyHamza: A poster was spotted today at Humboldt University in Berlin — Yaron Lischinsky’s photo, a red triangle over his face, and….
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RT @AnneRethmann: The families of the German-Israeli hostages still held in Gaza are desperate. Talks with German officials were warm but l….
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RT @AnneRethmann: It's not wrong per se to examine what is and isn't antisemitic. But it's profoundly wrong to ignore how often–especially….
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RT @ColdWarRecords: #Coldwar "Last Frontier", #Berlin 1980s, #GDR #DDR The Berlin Wall ending, and #Socialist East #Germany rising. #berli….
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RT @Mylovanov: Foreign policy asks a fantastic question - why don’t Russian soldiers revolt. After all they all die. Here is the answer. 1….
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RT @AnneRethmann: I agree with @Surajpr74800081 's comment on @derJamesJackson 's tweet. Here's what I posted on Facebook about the @Jungle….
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