Jewish pianist Igor Levit warns of rising antisemitism in Germany
Direct threats are not the only problem, Levit said, noting a recent incident in which a journalist asked him if “Israel is my homeland, because after all I’m a Jew.”
World-class pianist Igor Levit, picutred at the German federal party conference of Alliance 90/The Greens on Nov. 9, 2018 in Saxony, Leipzig, received an antisemitic death threat in November 2019.(photo credit: JTA/JAN WOITAS/PICTURE ALLIANCE VIA GETTY IMAGES)ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA