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Taking Stock: Combating Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region (Part II)

Members

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Hon. Alcee Hastings

Chairman

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

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Hon. Ben Cardin

Co-Chairman

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

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Hon. Hillary Clinton

Commissioner

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

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Hon. Chris Smith

Ranking Member

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

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Hon. George Voinovich

Senator

United States Senate

Witnesses

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Dr. Gregg Rickman

Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism

Department of State

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Ms. Felice D. Gaer

Commissioner

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

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Rabbi Marvin Hier

Founder and Dean

Simon Wiesenthal Center

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Rabbi Andrew Baker

Director of International Jewish Affairs

American Jewish Committee

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Mr. Mark B. Levin

Executive Director

NCSJ

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Ms. Stacy Burdett

Associate Director of Government and National Affairs

Anti-Defamation League

This hearing, which Commissioner Alcee L. Hastings presided over, was the second in a set of hearings that focused on combating anti-Semitism in the OSCE region. Hastings lauded the efforts regarding this approach to anti-Semitism by bringing up how impressive it was for these states to look at issues of tolerance, while a few years before the hearing took place, not all participating states thought that there was a problem.

Since the Commission’s efforts regarding anti-Semitism began in 2002 with the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, a lot of progress had been achieved, but attendees did discuss work that still needed to be accomplished. For example, as per Commission findings, even Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenka had made anti-Semitic comments, underscoring the inadequate efforts the Belarusian government had made to hold those guilty of anti-Semitic vandalism accountable. The Russian Federation had operated under similar circumstances, but the situation for Jewish individuals was better in Turkey. However, attendees did discuss “skinhead gangs” and similar groups elsewhere in the OSCE.

 

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