Martina Lichtman, at The Blogs

Nov 9, 2023, 4:32 PM

Israel. Most people are aware of the complex nature of this land. It probably has experienced more in a few decades than other countries in their entire histories. Throughout its existence, it has been facing existential threats and, at...

Nov 3, 2023, 7:38 AM

Sad questions, sad answers

How am I, you ask? I am well, thank you. Physically unharmed, that is. But my heart and soul are aching. I am revolted – by the constant stream of horrific reports and images, from those who survived the onslaught of Hamas,...

Oct 30, 2023, 6:36 PM

Stereotypes over sympathy

Screenshot of a video published on YouTube by the Israel Defense Forces on 18th of October 2023, containing footage from Hamas terrorists’ body cameras and from security cameras in communities in southern Israel.

On the evening of October 17, word spread like fire about hundreds of people allegedly killed in a direct hit of a hospital in Gaza. While the IDF initiated thorough checks of the situation, Israel was swiftly blamed by...

Oct 27, 2023, 5:20 PM

Rockets from Gaza

Crows and pigeons in a tree in Tel Aviv, May 2023. (Photo by the author)

I wrote this text in May 2023. The criticism I had back then remains unchanged. In fact, it turned into outrage. Yet again, also this time around… no report in German and international media is complete without the number of killed...

Oct 17, 2019, 11:30 PM

My lessons of Yom Kippur

After each of the recent assaults, terrorist attacks and rampage killings in my native Germany, I found myself thinking "I hope it was a German." That would have seemed right to me in view of the thoughtless, often hateful...

Jun 20, 2019, 5:52 PM

Er-in-ne-rungs-kul-tur

Two weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on the new (old?) Anti-Semitism in my home country. In this context, I felt the need to add that there is another, equally disturbing tendency in Germany: More and more people...

Jun 3, 2019, 5:51 PM

Germany’s new anti-Semitism?

For the last fortnight, numerous media reports about a disturbing rise in anti-Semitism have been published in Germany and beyond (for example here or here). Many of them referred to a publication by the German Ministry of the Interior...

May 24, 2019, 6:07 PM

ESC is over, criticism isn’t

A week ago, I was among the tens of thousands of people who celebrated the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel. Like most of them, my partner and I decided not to buy tickets for the event – instead, we...

May 17, 2019, 9:56 PM

Yom HaShoah

Two minutes. The sirens are wailing. First swelling up slowly, then reaching their all-penetrating uncomfortable pitch. The world seems to stand still. In that very same, almost breathtaking moment, the sun breaks through the clouds and shines onto the garland of small...

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German born Martina Lichtman is a freelance business consultant for cross-cultural marketing and communications. Previously, she held various positions in business development and marketing in the hospitality and the security printing industries. Martina is passionate about writing, traveling, and Israel.

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