Jerusalem, Israel Arieh O'Sullivan - A new Israeli association dedicated to promoting the work of the anti-Semitic composer Richard Wagner has gotten the go-ahead from a government agency and hopes to encourage the performance of his music, which has been unofficially barred as a symbol of the Nazi era.
Adored by Adolf Hitler but reviled by Jews, Wagner and his dramatic and powerful operas still touch an emotive chord nearly 130 years after his death. But the Wagner in Israel Society believes enough time has passed for the boycott to be consigned to history.
"The goals are first of all is to have an honest discussion about the boycott," said Yonatan Livni, the head of the new society. "I'm against any type of a boycott. If we were to boycott every composer who was anti-Semitic then there would be very few composers we would be able to hear in Israel."
Livni, an attorney, told The Media Line that their efforts were also aimed at having a public concert of Wagner's music.
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