As we write, Jacques Chirac is heading to the French Embassy in Berlin to award the awesome Maestro Scaligero Daniel Barenboim a knightship: give it up for Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur, le maestro Daniel Barenboim! In Chirac's words, the Legion d'Honneur has been award to "l'immense artiste, l'ami de la France et l'intellectuel engagé pour la paix au Proche-Orient".
Vive la France! Vive Barenboim! Kol Hakavod! כל הכבוד