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Yehudi Menuhin's Son Ousted as Head of German Foundation After Talking to Far-Right Paper
The Associated Press ^ | Nov 12, 2005 | Anon

Posted on 11/12/2005 5:37:55 PM PST by Pharmboy

BERLIN (AP) - The son of Yehudi Menuhin was ousted as head of the German branch of the music foundation set up by the violinist and humanist, after comments he made to a newspaper run by Germany's leading far-right party, the foundation said Saturday.

The German branch of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation had asked Gerard Menuhin to step down earlier this month, after comments he made to the German Voice, the newspaper of the National Democratic Party, surfaced on the Internet.

In the article, Menuhin says it was "not healthy" to hold Germany to the crimes it committed 60 years ago.

"There are very unemotional reasons to bring an end to these customs," Menuhin said.

Leaders of the Duesseldorf-based foundation decided to remove Menuhin from office after he ignored the Nov. 2 request to step down, the foundation said.

"The Yehudi Menuhin Foundation distances itself completely from the content of the comments made by Gerard Menuhin, and sharply condemns the naming of our foundation and its activities in a media outlet that the (German) Interior Ministry has said 'must be considered part of the extreme-right,'" the foundation said in a statement.

The Yehudi Menuhin foundation promotes contacts between cultures through art and encourages the teaching of music in schools.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: holocaust; violinist; wwii
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To: rightwinggoth

It also means Jew in Hebrew.


21 posted on 11/13/2005 3:44:36 PM PST by ChicagoHebrew (Hell exists, it is real. It's a quiet green meadow populated entirely by Arab goat herders.)
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To: rightwinggoth
Doesn't Yehudi mean "Jew" in Arabic?

Yehudi means "Jew" in Hebrew.

The Arabic word for "Jew" is Yahood.

BTW, Gerard Menuhin is not Jewish.

22 posted on 11/13/2005 4:50:13 PM PST by Alouette (Gaza: Too small to be a country, too large to be an insane asylum (thanx: Pettigru).)
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To: SauronOfMordor

I don't think that the younger generations of Germans should be held responsible for the Holocaust, but neither do I think it's all about the money. Some people (and with good reason in some cases, and just plain orneriness in others) hold a grudge against even young Germans for what their grandparents did. My older family members are definitely still angry at Germany. Some even were surprised that I would want to travel there even.


23 posted on 11/13/2005 5:58:11 PM PST by Alexander Rubin (Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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To: rightwinggoth

Yehudi means Jew in Hebrew.


24 posted on 11/13/2005 9:45:14 PM PST by dervish (no excuses)
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To: rightwinggoth; Pharmboy

<< Doesn't Yehudi mean "Jew" in Arabic? >>

In Arabic it means "The Jew."

And also, I believe, in Hebrew.

It was his choice. He adapted it.

Had genius, talent AND balls!


25 posted on 11/14/2005 1:32:19 AM PST by Brian Allen (Patriotic, Immigrant & therefore Hyphenated-AMERICAN-American & Aviator by choice. Christian byGrace)
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To: SJackson

Thanks...that makes sense.


26 posted on 11/14/2005 7:30:53 PM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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To: Alexander Rubin
Some even were surprised that I would want to travel there even.

Anyway - you are welcome! Greetings from Lake Constance

27 posted on 11/15/2005 9:08:52 AM PST by Atlantic Bridge (O tempora! O mores!)
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To: Atlantic Bridge

Cool. I intend to travel there this year (well, next semester), since I'm studying in England this year.


28 posted on 11/15/2005 3:25:13 PM PST by Alexander Rubin (Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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To: Alexander Rubin
Cool. I intend to travel there this year (well, next semester), since I'm studying in England this year.

Germany has some really interesting and beautiful places. If you are interested in some useful informations - just freepmail me.

29 posted on 11/15/2005 5:51:40 PM PST by Atlantic Bridge (O tempora! O mores!)
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To: Atlantic Bridge

I will definitely do that a few weeks before I go.


30 posted on 11/15/2005 6:11:20 PM PST by Alexander Rubin (Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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