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Global Efforts to Counter Anti-Semitism
Holocaust Denial and
Threats to Israel by
Iran’s Regime
US Special Representative to Iran, Brian Hook,
briefed SWC officials and Interfaith community
leaders on the Trump Administration’s Iran
Policy, stating, “The Administration stands in solidarity opposing all acts of anti-Semitism…[and] violence against Jews.”
Speaking at a press conference, Hook said, “It was an honor for me to visit the Museum [of Tolerance] seeing so many school
groups ... so that they will be educated on the horrors of the Holocaust, which the Iranian regime continues to deny and
undermine the importance of tolerance as a fundamental goal.”
Four European Countries
Urged to be Added to Watchlist
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom, in
Washington, DC, held a hearing where Rabbi Cooper testified over
the sharp increase in anti-Semitic attacks in Germany, the United
Kingdom, Sweden, and France. The commission was urged to add
these countries to its Tier II watchlist following alarming increases
in anti-Semitic incidents in these countries, as they have failed to
decisively respond. Citing the worst examples in each country,
Cooper testified that in France, a judiciary “policy of appeasement”
in multiple cases, released violent, anti-Semitic assailants without a trial. French authorities deemed them mentally unfit to
stand trial (see page 11). In Sweden, anti-Semitic hate crimes have increased 53 percent. In Germany, a neo-Nazi tried to
open fire on a synagogue in the city of Halle. Additionally, in the UK, anti-Semitism spread to the electorate through Jeremy
Corbyn’s Labour Party.
Ad Campaign Spotlights
Global Anti-Semitism
To raise global awareness of the rise of
anti-Semitic attacks in the US and abroad,
the Simon Wiesenthal Center launched a
hard-hitting ad campaign, Never Again has
Become Again and Again, which aired during
prime time. MIllions of viewers saw the ad on
CNN and Fox News in selected cities. The
Center is on the frontlines, working 365 days
a year to fight back and protect Jews and
communities against this growing scourge of
anti-Semitism and will not stop until Again
and Again becomes Never Again.
Continued
Leadership in Fighting
Anti-Semitism
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
met with senior Center officials in
Jerusalem where they reiterated the
need for continued robust leadership
from the US State Department in
the struggle against anti-Semitism,
especially in Europe. They also
discussed the plight of the Kurds in
Syria and thanked Mr. Pompeo for his
leadership in ratcheting up pressure
on the Iranian regime through
economic sanctions. The Secretary
of State expressed satisfaction over
the historic cooperation between
the State Department and the
SWC adding, “We look forward to
expanding our relationship with
the global programming of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance.” To date, this has included the
translations into 12 languages of several films from the Center’s two time Academy Award®-winning Moriah Films film
division which have been seen by over a billion people in Asia, Africa, and Europe. The State Department also co-sponsored
the Center’s historic exhibition People, Book, Land: The 3,500 Year Relationship with the Jewish People and the Holy Land
which has been shown in 30 countries and translated into 14 languages.
Stand Up To Anti-Semitism:
New Film Project From Academy Award ® -Winning Moriah Films
The Simon Wiesenthal Center will be launching a dynamic new project in the fight against anti-Semitism. A Moriah Films,
six-part series of 45-minute documentaries designed to be aired on major streaming platforms examines the unprecedented
resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe, North America and the Middle East. These films will highlight the prolific explosion
of anti-Semitism in Great Britain, France, Germany,
Hungary and Central Europe, Italy, the Benelux
countries, Scandinavia and most importantly, North
America. It will include interviews with world leaders
and experts as well as the victims of anti-Semitism and
THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER’S TWO-TIME ACADEMY AWARD ® -WINNING FILM DIVISION
their perpetrators. There is no better vehicle for such an
important project than Moriah Films, with its more than
three decades of experience, two Academy Awards ® and 17 documentary films. No other Jewish or non-profit organization
has been able to attract talent including George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Michael Douglas, Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor,
Morgan Freeman, Sir Ben Kingsley, Sandra Bullock, Christoph Waltz, and many Academy Award ® -winners who have all donated
their time to bring these stories to life.
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