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Attendees at a meeting of the Bundestag’s Culture Committee on Wednesday agreed that experts should tackle anti-Semitism in the cultural scene as a problem for all of society. On behalf of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Daniel Botmann said the art world had “largely developed into an unsafe place for Jews.” A climate of hatred towards Israel has been established he said. “When political speeches point out that anti-Semitism is a social problem, I wonder why, based on this logic, this problem is not being tackled by society as a whole,” said Botmann. The right to artistic freedom and t…