Comments on: Quiet courage and dignity

By: Liraz

Liraz — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:13:11 +0000

For shame! They could have played the Czech composer Smetana’s similar melody instead! ;~)
Antisemitism really is on the rise, it seems, but all praise to those two plucky girls.

By: Mark2

Mark2 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:12:19 +0000

“Hatikvah” is included in every collection of National Anthems (written or recorded music) that I have come across. As a very musical nation I imagine Austria must have access to many more than that. It is not an obscure anthem so any excuses along those lines can be safely discounted.

By: NM

NM — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:34:44 +0000

One would have thought, bearing in mind some of its unforunate sons and situations, Austria might think twice about being vicious to Jews, wouldn’t you? A friend who lives there tells me that the undercurrent of genuine, old-fashioned hardcore antisemitism there is as strong as it’s ever been. It’s like an infection which simply never went away. So these stories aren’t exactly a surprise.

By: Nat

Nat — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:29:03 +0000

Well put Mr