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When Auschwitz couldn’t speak for Israel, we had to cancel the trip.

JL;DR SUMMARY David Harris, Executive Vice Chair of The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, discusses the decision to cancel a planned commemorative trip to Auschwitz amidst strained Polish-Israeli relations. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryAuschwitzHolocaustPolandGenocideDiplomacyCommemorationDavid Harris

Places mentioned

Oświęcim, Lesser Poland, Poland
"The Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland (photo: Lsma Artmane/Unsplash)."
Poland
"Our delegation just opted not to go. It was a painful decision for me, as I will explain, but it was the right thing to do."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"As Jan Karski, the Polish Catholic Righteous Among the Nations, memorably said when American Jewish Committee honored him in Washington more than 30 years ago."
New York, United States
"Whats more, I spoke up in The New York Times when President Barack Obama made the unforgivable error of referring to a Polish death camp rather than a Nazi German death camp in Poland."
Budapest, Hungary
"In 2017, I launched a pioneering American Jewish Committee office for Central Europe headquartered in Warsaw, when many suggested it would be more wisely located in Budapest or Prague."
Prague, Prague, Hlavní mešto, Czechia
"In 2017, I launched a pioneering American Jewish Committee office for Central Europe headquartered in Warsaw, when many suggested it would be more wisely located in Budapest or Prague."
Czechia
"Instead, unlike nearby Czech Republic and Hungary, Poland has shown virtually no willingness to stand with Israel in the European Union or in various United Nations bodies."
Hungary
"Instead, unlike nearby Czech Republic and Hungary, Poland has shown virtually no willingness to stand with Israel in the European Union or in various United Nations bodies."
Israel
"Poland has shown little understanding of, much less solidarity with, Israel since October 7, 2023, when a genocidal yes, genocidal war was launched against the lone Jewish-majority nation in the world."
France
"not to mention the United States and France."

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