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Was It Possible to be a ‘Bystander’ to the Holocaust in Eastern Europe? Part I

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Apr. 3, “Was it Possible to be a ‘Bystander’ to the Holocaust in Eastern Europe?” Part I Professor Jan Grabowski Professor of History of the Holocaust, University of Ottawa; Co-founder of the Polish Centre for Holocaust Research, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Co-sponsor: Canadian Institute for Jewish Research Location: Canadian Institute for […]

Himmler’s Boost for al-Husaini

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A Re-Discovery of the SS-Leader’s Anti-Balfour Cable to the Grand Mufti In April the National Israeli Library blogged Himmler’s re-discovered telegram to the grand mufti of Jerusalem Amin al-Husaini. Contrary to the comment there that Nazi Germany did not declare its help for the Arab independence, I argue, it did. This cable further recognized the […]

Video – Dr. Charles Asher Small, ISGAP, Vanier College, “Genocidal Antisemitism and the Crisis of Modernity: The Contemporary Challenges to Human Rights and Democratic Principles”

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Click here to watch the keynote address. Mar. 30, “Genocidal Antisemitism and the Crisis of Modernity: The Contemporary Challenges to Human Rights and Democratic Principles” Dr. Charles Asher Small, Executive Director, ISGAP Keynote Address – Vanier College 25th Annual Symposium on the Holocaust and Genocide, Justice and Accountability Location: Vanier College Auditorium, 821 Avenue Sainte-Croix Montreal, […]

Antisemitism in the 21st Century Shtetl

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Click here to read full article in pdf format. The words “antisemitism in the shtetl” might evoke recollections of Fiddler on the Roof, a touch of family lore “from the old country” way back when, or for those familiar with modern Yiddish literature, a scene from this or that writer. Baffling as it may sound, however, […]

Nazis, Jihadists, and Jew Hatred

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The day before his suicide Adolf Hitler issued a plea to humanity to continue to “resist mercilessly the poisoner of all nations, international Jewry.”[1] Those who have most fervently heeded that call are not the neo-Nazis but the Islamic Jihadists. The association between National Socialism and Islamic Jihadism goes back to Hasan al-Banna’s founding of […]

Dr. Charles Asher Small Debating at Oxford Union

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ISGAP Executive Director, Dr. Charles Asher Small, presents at the Oxford Union Debate on Holocaust Denial Criminalisation. Dr. Small speaks as part of the opposition to the following Motion. The Motion: This House Believes Holocaust Denial Should Not Be Criminalised January 21, 2016

Oxford Union Debate on Holocaust Denial Criminalisation

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ISGAP Executive Director, Dr. Charles Asher Small, speaks in the defense of the opposition. Click here to watch

Eran Lerman, ” Three Totalitarian Temptations Nazism Communism and Islamism as Anchors in the Israel Palestine Conflict”

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Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman Researcher at Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and former Deputy for Foreign Policy and International Affairs at the National Security Council in the Israeli Prime Minster’s Office Location: Leacock Building, Room 738 Time: 6:00 P.M. Convener: Michelle Whiteman, Director, ISGAP Canada

ANTISEMITISM IN POLAND

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If one compares the scale and manifestations of antisemitism in Poland today with the scale and manifestations of this phenomenon in France, Austria, the Netherlands or some Scandinavian countries, one could argue that Poland ought to be declared a kind of safe-haven for Jews in Europe. Alas, this is not the case since antisemitic posters […]

Nina Wolff Feld, “Someday you will Understand: My Father’s Private World War II”

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APRIL 12, 2016 “Someday you will Understand: My Father’s Private World War II” Nina Wolff Feld, Author, Artist, Speaker “The Continued Importance of Holocaust Education Toward The Prevention of Genocide” Location: ISGAP Center, 3rd Floor Time: 6:00 PM Convener: Vivaldi Jean-Marie