Government Actions to combat anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region
Wednesday, June 16, 2004, 4:00 am
Witnesses
H.E. Natan Sharansky
Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs
Head of the Israeli Delegation to the Berlin OSCE Conference on Anti Semitism
Betty Ehrenberg
Director
Institute for Public Affairs, Orthodox Union of Jewish Congregations
Paul Goldenberg
National Security Consultant
American Jewish Committee
Jay Lefkowitz
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Fred Zeidman
Chairman
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
Stacy Burdett
Associate Director, Government & National Affairs
Anti-Defamation League
Shai Franklin
Director of Government Relations
NCSJ
Dan Mariaschin
Executive Vice President
B’nai B’rith International
Israel Singer
Chairman
World Jewish Congress
James S. Tisch
Chairman
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Mark Weitzman
Director
Task Force Against Hate, Simon Wiesenthal Center
The Berlin Declaration, issued at the conference, highlights commitments made by the 55 OSCE States and declares that "international developments or political issues, including those in Israel or elsewhere in the Middle East, never justify anti-Semitism." The action-oriented declaration also highlighted the commitment to monitor anti-Semitic crimes and hate crimes, including through collection and maintenance of statistics about such incidents.
Helsinki Commission Members have spearheaded efforts to draw attention to anti-Semitism and related violence. These efforts helped create the momentum that moved the OSCE to convene this historic and high-level conference on anti-Semitism, attended by Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Relevant Countries
Leadership