Evelyn Hecht-Galinski

Evelyn Hecht- Galinski (* 1949 in Berlin ) is a German journalist and the founder of the German department of the organization " Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East ". She is the daughter of the late 1992 chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Heinz Galinski. Your clashes with the Central Council and a lawsuit over anti-Semitism charges against them were mainly in Germany and Israel attention.

Life

Evelyn Hecht- Galinski was born in Berlin in 1949, where he attended the Waldorf School. After her marriage to her Jewish husband Benjamin Hecht 1972 both led their own textile distribution called pike - style. Today she lives with her husband in Malsburg- Marzell.

Disputes with the Central Council of Jews

Evelyn Hecht- Galinski had attended a Waldorf School in Berlin. Allegations in these negative attitudes would be stoked to Judaism, they came towards later publicly and expressed " astonishment " about corresponding " flat and unproven " statements by Paul Spiegel. They have little relationship to anthroposophy and describes himself as a " moderate education and traditionally associated with Judaism, but not in the religious sense ."

In the debate about the resignation of Michel Friedman in 2003, Hecht- Galinski practiced criticism of the Central Council of Jews. She called it " intolerable " that the Central President Paul Spiegel had proposed its return to its public offices shortly after the charges against Friedman, and argued that "neither Paul nor mirror as president Charlotte Knobloch as his deputy are appropriate to the interests of the Jews represented in Germany ".

In connection with the Operation Summer Rains and the open letter from Rolf Hecht- Galinski threw publisher 2006 the Central Council of Jews, he represented adequately the social needs of members of the Jewish communities in Germany. Instead, he can act as an "mouthpiece of the Israeli government and propaganda machine " and try to declare any criticism as anti-Semitism. The Israeli policy in the Gaza Strip was " nothing to justify more ".

In 2007, Hecht- Galinski described comparisons between the Israeli-occupied territories and the Warsaw ghetto ( hired by the German bishops Gregor Maria Hanke and Walter Mixa ) as "very moderate." It referred in this connection to the motto of her father, "I have not survive Auschwitz, not to mention to new injustice ." Critics accused Galinski repeated Jewish self-hatred.

Henryk M. Broder litigation with

2008 Hecht- Galinski said in an episode of the radio show Hallo Ü -Wagen of the WDR:

"I know it from personal experience, when I had interviews in Germany radio, as then immediately the Central or Israeli ambassador calls and protests themselves. I know how, how to proceed from the Israeli- Jewish lobby, there is, and there is nothing to say against it calls itself now even that. And what have you brought here, that sounds but little after, Broder - Connection ', but that is so uninteresting, which is below the level, but otherwise is a massive pressure, and the pressure is also very successful, and I have to say. "

Then the journalist Henryk M. Broder wrote in May 2008 at WDR Director Monika Piel Evelyn Hecht- Galinski about:

"Everyone kölsche Jeck with two parts per thousand in the blood would even acknowledge Weiberfastnacht that Mrs. EHG is a hysterical, retribution needy housewife who speaks for anyone but himself, and it is also just bullshit. Their specialty is anti-Semitic, anti - Zionist thoughtlessness ... "

Broder put the letter and Piel's response, also on the Internet.

In response to Broders requirement to tailor the immigration policy to economic interests, Hecht- Galinski described him at an event in turn as " immigrant, the here no one would have in Germany actually ," and also as " polarizer, the critics only with insults and personal defamation plates ".

There was a dispute with Broder that led to a debate about the relationship between anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel in German - and English-language media.

Hecht- Galinski first obtained an injunction that forbade Broder until further notice, to use in his criticism of the term " anti-Semitic". The first instance court decided that it was a value judgment, in which the limit was exceeded for abusive criticism, so that the applicant can ask for injunctive relief.

This judgment put Broder but successfully appealed. The Higher Regional Court of Cologne overturned the injunction on the grounds that, although the criticism Broders is excessive and abusive, but will ultimately be covered by the basic right to freedom of expression, because it can be understood as a contribution to the public fundamentally affecting. The main proceedings before the Regional Court of Cologne is still pending.

Evelyn Hecht- Galinski 2008 Henryk M. Broder had mentioned in an article "porn writer". Henryk M. Broder had sued then, however, this process finally lost on August 17, 2009.

In the spring of 2009 Evelyn Hecht- Galinski beat the German -Israeli lawyer Felicia Langer before the Federal Cross of Merit. Langer has become in Germany as a sharp critic of Israeli policy towards the Palestinians known. In July 2009, she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st class, which sparked a heated argument.

In 2006, Hecht- Galinski had taken for a long party and its projection from the Else- Lasker-Schüler - Forum sharply criticized.

Publications

• The eleventh commandment: Israel can do anything. Plain texts on anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel. Heidelberg, 2012. ISBN 978-3-930378-86-9