Elif Eralp Faces Antisemitism Question from Constantin Schreiber at Berlin Synagogue Debate

Ten days before Berlin's election on 20 September, the Jewish Community of Berlin invited the city's leading candidates to a discussion in a synagogue. Journalist Constantin Schreiber, known from Tagesschau and Tagesthemen and until recently employed by Springer, moderated the event. He asked Left Party top candidate Elif Eralp whether her party shares responsibility for rising antisemitism in Berlin. When Eralp attempted to answer, Schreiber interrupted and demanded a simple "yes or no." The Berlin CDU has skillfully instrumentalized antisemitism to attack the Left, while Eralp is likely the only top candidate whose ancestors did not come from Nazi Germany. The article questions why she remains so defensive and argues she should instead go on the offensive against the CDU's antisemitism.