“A court-Jew through whom Germany buries it
guilt via esthetics”, wrote a music-critic about Daniel Barenboim upon his
arrival in Israel at the head of a German Symphony Orchestra. Israeli
pianist-conductor Barenboim had been living in Germany and raising his
children among Germans in Berlin for many years. An ardent advocate of
Richard Wagner, Mr. Barenboim’s servility towards Germany and its cultural
institutions has been highly rewarded by grateful Germans over the last
three decades.
Nevertheless, when he recently became a target of an
anti-Semitic attack, evoking dark memories of old Berlin, Mr. Barenboim’s
denial and defense of his anti-Semitic German associates earned him the
nickname “Galut-Jew” in an Israeli daily.
Also
known for his manipulative use of the podium as a political platform, Mr.
Barenboim has been serving for many years as an invaluable mouthpiece of
the PLO and as an active sympathizer of the Palestinian cause.
