{"id":2402,"date":"2019-03-07T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T18:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2022-03-23T17:52:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T21:52:33","slug":"the-call-to-confront-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/the-call-to-confront-antisemitism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Call to Confront Antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Proteus, \u201cDer H\u00f6llische Proteus, oder Tausendk\u00fcnstige Versteller,\u201d Erasmus Francisci (1627-1694)<\/p><\/div>\n

The International Conference of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) recently issued \u201cThe Demands of Our Time: A Statement on Antisemitism.\u201d<\/a> This text reviews the history of anti-Jewish bigotry and the places where it rises today. We are surprised and discouraged at times by its manifestations. Like the sea-god Proteus in Greek mythology, antisemitism continues to take many shapes and forms. All who read this statement note its focus on Western culture. This is the context for our efforts to educate the younger generation, but other cultures can be infected by this \u201cvirus\u201d as well.<\/p>\n

After a two-year hiatus, President Trump has named Mr. Elan S. Carr to be \u201cthe State Department\u2019s special envoy to monitor antisemitism.\u201d See Ron Kampeas\u2019 article, \u201cElan Carr comes to new post as anti-Semitism monitor with diverse skills,\u201c<\/a> published by the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ira Forman, Mr. Carr\u2019s predecessor appointed by President Obama, made a presentation at a meeting of the United States Catholic Bishops and the National Council of Synagogues four years ago. This was an impressive review of his efforts to collaborate with leaders in many European nations. Contact with the Catholic Bishops Conferences was often very helpful, so Mr. Forman was interested to develop such avenues for working together. We hope that Mr. Carr can build on these relationships!<\/p>\n

The Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel of December 30, 1993 places this concern at the forefront of its goals. Article 2 reads:<\/p>\n

The Holy See and the State of Israel are committed to appropriate cooperation in combatting all forms of antisemitism and all kinds of racism and of religious intolerance, and in promoting mutual understanding among nations, tolerance among communities and respect for human life and dignity.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Holy See takes this occasion to reiterate its condemnation of hatred, persecution and all other manifestations of antisemitism directed against the Jewish people and individual Jews anywhere, at any time and by anyone. In particular, the Holy See deplores attacks on Jews and desecration of Jewish synagogues and cemeteries, acts which offend the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, especially when they occur in the same places which witnessed it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Twenty-five years later this call to cooperate in education and service of justice and peace deserves our renewed attention!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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