‘Unorthodox’ author Deborah Feldman is a lightning rod in Germany’s debate about criticizing Israel

The outspoken former member of a Brooklyn Hasidic sect has been a vocal Israel critic in Germany, which since World War II has been highly sensitive to perceptions of antisemitism.

An Israeli flag flutters next to a German and a EU flag, one day after Hamas' attacks on Israel, outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, October 8, 2023.

(photo credit: REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen)

ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA

NOVEMBER 22, 2023 04:35

Updated: NOVEMBER 22, 2023 05:33

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