The violent boycott against the performer shows that there is basically no way for an Israeli or Jew who reveals the slightest empathy with Israelis to receive a shred of understandingBarbara Butch, 45, is the face of everything an open, tolerant and inclusive society like France imagines that it's supposed to like. She's the daughter of a Parisian Jewish family, an admired DJ, an icon of both the City of Light's nightlife and the LGBTQ struggle for equal rights, and an activist against weightism.