In addition to leaders of religious and secular Jewish communities, several key players in European politics will participate in the international conference of the European Jewish Association (EJA) and the European Action and Defense League (APL) in Krakow. Following the worrying results of APL's latest European anti-Semitism research, the event focuses on the use of education tools in the fight against prejudice.
According to the EU authorities, the model developed in Hungary for the examination of textbooks from this point of view is remarkable, and negotiations are already underway with the education governments of several countries about its local adaptation. The international conference of the European Jewish Association (EJA) and the European Action and Defense League (APL) commemorating the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht will be held in Krakow on November 8-9. In addition to rabbis and representatives of Jewish communities, several leading officials of European politics will also participate in the meeting At the two-day event, the best practices related to the memory of the SOA will be reviewed, and the focus will be on stopping the growing prejudice against Jews , which can be achieved in the longer term primarily by expanding the educational tool system.
Currently, in Poland and Slovakia, they are working on the development of a local "white book" modeled on the Hungarian model , which would define the content standards that can serve as a benchmark when examining local national curricula and textbooks.
The anti-Semitism prejudice research and comprehensive European anti-Semitism index, presented in Brussels in October and covering 16 European countries, clearly show that anti-Semitic hatred is unfortunately present in all European countries. In Western European countries, the perpetrators of anti-Semitic physical attacks are mainly from the ranks of the local Muslim community.
(On the cover image: Kristályejszaka, burned synagogue. Image source: Jad Vasém archive)
