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Contemporary antisemitism, since the start of the 21st century is replete with many images drawn from the Holocaust and parallels made to it. The following sections address the constellation of factors that comprise current antisemitsm, its relationship to the Holocaust and the situation in the Middle East. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
If Everything is Genocide.. Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate
“For the first time since World War II, Jews are, again, threatened by a
genocide. We must remember: radical Islamic ideology is not just
propaganda designed to attain political goals; they believe in what they
say, and they fully intend to act on these beliefs, given the chance to
do so.”
Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem during a symposium held at Yad Vashem entitled: Holocaust Denial: Paving the Way to Genocide “As a result of the enormous suffering inflicted upon the world by the Nazi regime, and especially Europe, a number of European countries have enacted laws criminalizing both the denial of the Holocaust and the promotion of Nazi ideology. “ More…
Prof. Michael J. Bazyler The key lies in recognition and understanding the extent of the threat, and acting with courage, conviction and unswerving determination until that threat has been extinguished, once and for all.” More.. Holocaust denial is a form of antisemitism, and antisemitism in our time still frequently incites to violence against individual Jews and against Jews in general.” More Dr. Robert Rozett is Director of the Library at Yad Vashem “It is only natural that latter-day supporters of the Hitler regime and enemies of democracy should deny the Holocaust. What is extremely dangerous is the fact that those who support world terrorism, including even a president of a member state of the UN, in effect threaten another genocide of the Jews. You may say that it is just talk; but from past experience we should have learnt that when people say they want to commit mass murder, they really mean it.“ More.. Professor Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem and the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research delivered the "Remembrance and Beyond" keynote address at the United Nations on January 27, 2006.
To access additional podcasts: click here Working Definition of Antisemitism
The Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism
Antisemitism Documentation Project-Memri
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Anti-Defamation League of the Bnai Brith
The Vidal Sassoon International Center for
the Study of Antisemitism
The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism
and Racism
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